Eating Disorders
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Terms
Food Labels
Wellness
100
An eating disorder characterized by repeated episodes of binge eating followed by purging behavior.
What is bulimia?
100
This group includes bananas, apples, and oranges
What is the fruit group?
100
The way an individual views and believes others view his or her body
What is body image?
100
The amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree Celsius.
What is a calorie?
100
Diseases in which abnormal cells divide without control and are able to invade other tissues.
What is cancer?
200
Eating an extraordinarily large amount of food at one time.
What is binge eating?
200
Food in this group are high in complex carbohydrates, fiber, B vitamins, and minerals.
What is the grain group?
200
A condition in which an excessive proportion of body tissue is fat; being 20% or more above desirable weight.
What is obesity?
200
Recommended daily amount of a nutrient
What is daily value?
200
A number that shows body weight adjusted for height: can be calculated with simple math using inches and pounds; used to access underweight, overweight and risk for overweight.
What is BMI?
300
An eating disorder characterized by self starvation and refusal to maintain a minimally normal body weight.
What is anorexia nervosa?
300
This group includes foods high in calcium, protein and vitamins A and D.
What is the dairy group?
300
Ideas, customs, skills, and arts of a people or group.
What is culture?
300
Recommend nutrient intake that will meet the needs of almost all healthy people.
What is RDA/Recommended Dietary Allowance?
300
The act or process of nourishing or being nourished; specifically : the sum of the processes by which an animal or plant takes in and utilizes food substances
What is nutrition?
400
Attempts to rid the body of food (vomiting, laxative, and/or diuretic abuse)
What is purging?
400
Broccoli, potatoes, carrots, and black beans are all a part of this group.
What is the vegetable group?
400
Any of a range of psychological disorders characterized by abnormal or disturbed eating habits
What is an eating disorder?
400
Any of the foods or substances that are combined to make a particular dish or meal.
What is an ingredient?
400
A disease that occurs when the body is not able to use blood glucose (sugar). This occurs when the pancreas does not make enough insulin or the body does not respond to the insulin that is made.
What is diabetes?
500
A symptom of deep starvation, is characterized by a soft, downy, fine white/light hair that grows mainly on the arms, chest, back and face of individuals with eating disorders. The body grows this as a means of insulating itself to maintain body temperature as fat stores are depleted. It is most commonly seen in patients with anorexia nervosa.
What is lanugo?
500
Most people, ages 9 and older, should eat 5 to 7 ounces of this food group each day.
What is the protein group?
500
Nonenergy-yielding micronutrient that is required in very small amounts for specific metabolic tasks but that cannot be synthesized by the body so must be supplied in the diet.
What is a vitamin?
500
A specific amount of a particular food that represents the recommended portion for one sitting.
What is serving size?
500
Traits or habits that make a person more likely to develop disease.
What is risk factors?
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