Across
- 2. Groups a collection of foods that share similar nutritional properties or biological classifications.
- 4. special course of food to which one restricts oneself, either to lose weight or for medical reasons
- 6. a federal agency of the Department of Health and Human Services.
- 9. a solid inorganic substance of natural occurrence.
- 10. fats a type of dietary fat.
- 13. Disorder any of a range of psychological disorders characterized by abnormal or disturbed eating habits
- 14. They contain hydrogen and oxygen in the same ratio as water (2:1) and typically can be broken down to release energy in the animal body
- 15. any of a group of organic compounds which are essential for normal growth and nutrition and are required in small quantities in the diet because they cannot be synthesized by the body.
Down
- 1. Label a label required on most packaged food in many countries, showing what nutrients are in the food.
- 3. the process of breaking down food by mechanical and enzymatic action in the alimentary canal into substances that can be used by the body.
- 5. a unit of energy defined as the amount of heat needed to raise a quantity of water by one degree of temperature.
- 7. having one's attention fully engaged; greatly interested.
- 8. any of a class of nitrogenous organic compounds that consist of large molecules composed of one or more long chains of amino acids and are an essential part of all living organisms, especially as structural components of body tissues such as muscle, hair, collagen, etc., and as enzymes and antibodies.
- 11. the process of causing something to absorb water.
- 12. a substance that provides nourishment essential for growth and the maintenance of life