Vocab
The Importance of Nutrition
Nutrients
Healthy Food Guidelines
Nutrition Labels and Food Safety
100
The process by which your body takes in and uses food
What is nutrition?
100
A unit of heat used to measure the energy of your body uses and the energy it receives from food
What is a calorie?
100
A type of carbohydrate that pushes waste through your digestive system
What is fiber?
100
The most important meal of the day
What is breakfast?
100
The highest % of a nutrient that must be present for the food to be labelled as "Good source of"
What is 19%?
200
The amount of this fat must be listed on the food nutrition label as mandated by the USDA.
What is trans fat?
200
The people and things around you that affect the way you eat.
What are environmental influences?
200
A type of protein that contains all nine amino acids.
What is a complete protein?
200
These include grains, vegetables, fruits, milk, and proteins
What are the five main food groups?
200
The maximum amount of calories in a "calorie-free" product
What is 5?
300
Nutrients the body uses to build and maintain its cells and tissues
What are proteins?
300
A method of preventing type 2 diabetes
What is choosing healthy foods?
300
Fats that come from fish or vegetable oils
What are unsaturated fats?
300
A phenomenon in which a first-year college student will gain weight due to poor nutrition choices
What is the Freshman 15?
300
The process that can slow the growth of harmful bacteria
What is chilling?
400
The psychological desire for food
What is appetite?
400
A website that can help prevent emotional or mindless eating
What is www.healthykids.org?
400
The two types of this nutrient are water-soluble and fat-soluble.
What are vitamins?
400
A set of recommendations about smart eating and physical activity for all Americans.
What are the Dietary Guidelines for Americans?
400
A negative reaction to food that does not involve the immune system
What is a food intolerance?
500
A waxy, fatlike substance
What is cholesterol?
500
A common place that plays a major role in the nutrition of teens
What are schools?
500
A type of nutrient that your body cannot produce
What are minerals?
500
An interactive guide to healthful eating and active living
What is MyPlate?
500
A condition in which the body's immune system reacts to substances in some foods
What is a food allergy?
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