Across
- 2. Sugar or starch for short
- 4. Unit that measures the amount of energy released by nutrients
- 6. Links in a protein chain
- 7. Trace elements essential to metabolism such as, salt, copper and iron
- 9. Fats that are usually solid at room temperature
- 10. Chemical process by which the body breaks down nutrients for energy
- 12. Fats made when manufacturers add hydrogen to vegetable oils
- 15. Nutrient important for growth and repair of body tissue
Down
- 1. Type of complex carbohydrate found in plants
- 3. Eating disorder distinguished by eating large quantities of food then purging
- 4. Waxy fatlike substance found only in animal products
- 5. Nutrient that contains twice as many calories as carbohydrates
- 8. Organic compounds essential to the body such as, A,D,E,K
- 11. Starving the body of food resulting in an eating disorder
- 13. One of the two ingredients teens should reduce in their diet
- 14. An essential nutrient the body cannot go without more than 3 days