Nutrition

5. above a weight considered normal or desirable
6. Undernutrition is a deficiency of calories or of one or more essential nutrients
8. balance This means you have got everything you need from your diet
10. the kinds of food that a person, animal, or community habitually eats
12. a lack or shortage
13. Nutrient Intakes the amount of a nutrient that is enough to ensure that the needs of nearly all the population (97.5%) are being met
15. Mass Index an approximate measure of whether someone is over- or underweight

1. Charts used by pediatricians and other health care providers to follow a child's growth over time
2. lack of proper nutrition, caused by not having enough to eat or not eating enough of the right things
3. the process of providing or obtaining the food necessary for health and growth
4. Intakes how much of each food group you should have per day
7. Reference Values A set of nutrient recommendations
9. Food Intakes how much nutrients is given to the body within the day
11. the state of being grossly fat or overweight
14. balance the relationship between “energy in” (food calories taken into the body through food and drink) and “energy out” (calories being used in the body for our daily energy requirements)