Nutrition Vocabulary Practice

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Across
  1. 2. Taking in less calories than you use, helpful for losing weight
  2. 7. A way to describe food with higher amounts of vitamins, minerals, protein, carbs, and unsaturated fats
  3. 9. A unit of measure for the amount of energy released when nutrients are broken down
  4. 12. Nutrients that naturally occur in soil and rocks
  5. 13. Nutrients that naturally occur in living things
  6. 14. These provide our bodies with energy (both short- and long-term)
  7. 15. Required on food packaging, these provide information about the nutrition provided by a product as well as it's ingredients
  8. 16. Helps to grow and repair your body’s tissues
Down
  1. 1. A complex carb that improves digestion
  2. 3. Taking in more calories than you use, helpful for gaining weight
  3. 4. Vitamins that protect cells from damage caused by the aging process and types of cancer
  4. 5. These things regulate bodily functions, promote growth, repair body tissues, and help obtain energy
  5. 6. Minerals that carry electric charges, promoting muscle function and helping to prevent cramps
  6. 8. The process of providing our bodies with necessary food for health and growth
  7. 10. A way to describe food that lacks nutrition
  8. 11. Chemical process by which your body breaks down food, influenced by genetics and lifestyle
  9. 15. Excess energy is stored as this, it also form your cells, maintains body temperature, and protects your nerves