Nutrition and You

2. Unsafe diet plans that promise quick weight loss in a very short period of time.
4. The substances in food that are used by your body to grow and function properly.
6. A nutrient needed for growth, maintenance, and repair of tissues.
7. The proportion of body fat to lean mass in your body.
9. Type of nutrient needed for a healthy body.
11. Involves uncontrollable urges to eat large amounts of food followed by behavior to avoid weight gain, including forced vomiting.
12. The body’s main source of energy.
13. A nutrient needed for growth, maintenance, and repair of tissues.
14. An eating disorder that causes people to starve themselves.
15. A food guidance system created by the USDA.

1. When a person’s diet lacks needed nutrients over a period of time.
3. A shortage.
5. When a food protein you have eaten triggers a response by your body’s immune system.
8. A disease that limits or prevents the body’s ability to properly use energy from food.
10. Substances needed by the body for growth and maintenance.