Principles of Nutrition Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. The food that a person normally eats every day.
  2. 3. diet A diet that provides the correct amount of nutrients for the needs of an individual.
  3. 6. The measure of the quantity or availability of nutrients found in food and utilized by humans or animals as a source of nutrition and energy.
  4. 12. The state of the body resulting from the intake and use of nutrients.
  5. 13. These nutrients are needed by the body in relatively large amounts.
  6. 15. Staples, foods from animals, legumes and nuts, vegetables, fruits, fats and oils
Down
  1. 1. These nutrients are needed by the body in smaller amounts
  2. 4. An incorrect or unbalanced intake of nutrients.
  3. 5. An insufficient total intake of nutrients.
  4. 7. The process by which ingested food is broken down so that nutrients can be absorbed into the bloodstream.
  5. 8. An intake of nutrients in excess of what the body needs.
  6. 9. Molecules found in food that the body uses to function correctly and stay healthy.
  7. 10. Is vital to life!
  8. 11. The study of nutrients and their relationship with food and living things.
  9. 14. Any solid or liquid substance, which, when taken by the body, provides it with the necessary materials to enable it to grow, to replace worn-out and damaged parts and to function normally.