Nutrition Science Vocab

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Across
  1. 1. Above a weight considered normal or desirable.
  2. 4. the strength and vitality required for sustained physical or mental activity.
  3. 7. A metabolic state that occurs when your body burns fat for energy instead of glucose.
  4. 9. A type of fat that's stored just beneath your skin.
  5. 12. the number of calories (energy) in a given amount (volume) of food.
  6. 14. measures body composition based on the rate at which an electrical current travels through the body.
  7. 15. refers to the percentage of fat, bone, and muscle in your body
  8. 16. a weight-to-height ratio, calculated by dividing one's weight in kilograms by the square of one's height in meters and used as an indicator of obesity and underweight.
  9. 17. that your Body Mass Index falls within a weight range that is not associated with an increased risk
  10. 18. the rate at which the body uses energy while at rest to maintain vital functions such as breathing and keeping warm.
Down
  1. 2. the amount of energy that your body needs to function while at rest.
  2. 3. Activities that do not increase energy expenditure substantially above the resting level
  3. 5. the rate at which the body uses energy while at rest to keep vital functions going, such as breathing and keeping warm.
  4. 6. A technique to estimate how much fat is on the body.
  5. 8. Fat or overweight
  6. 10. A reference to the increase in metabolic rate (the rate at which your body burns calories)
  7. 11. Below a weight considered normal or desirable.
  8. 13. three related compounds (acetone, acetoacetic acid, beta-hydroxybutyric acid) produced during the metabolism of fats.