Food & Nutrition
The type of fat produced when manufacturers add hydrogen to the fat molecules in vegetable oils.
What is trans fat?
A feeling of discomfort caused by the body's need for nutrients
What is hunger?
A person who does not eat food from any animal source
What is a vegan?
A policy that enforces strict consequences for underage drinking
What is a zero-tolerance policy?
he skills needed to say no when under pressure.
What are refusal skills?
A nutrient that contains nitrogen, carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, which is essential for the growth and repair of body tissues.
What is protein?
A document developed by nutrition experts to promote health and help people reduce their risk for heart disease, cancer, and diabetes through diet and physical activity.
What are the Dietary Guidelines for Americans?
A serious reduction in the body's water content.
What is dehydration?
A chemical substance that is taken to cause changes in a person's body or behavior.
What is a drug?
The state of losing control over the use of a drug, accompanied by a strong craving for it.
What is addiction?
Small units that are bound together chemically to form proteins
What is an amino acid?
A ratio of a person's weight to height, calculated using the formula: 703×mass (lbs)height2 (in)
What is body mass index (BMI)?
A condition in which the red blood cells do not contain enough hemoglobin.
What is anemia?
The consumption of excessive amounts of alcohol at one sitting.
What is binge drinking?
A group of symptoms that occur when a dependent person stops taking a drug.
What is withdrawal?
A vitamin that helps protect healthy cells from damage caused by the normal aging process as well as from certain types of cancer.
What is an antioxidant
The rate at which a person uses energy when the body is at rest
What is the basal metabolic rate (BMR)
The practice of greatly increasing carbohydrate intake and decreasing exercise on the days immediately before a competition.
What is carbohydrate loading?
The charge given to a driver over age 21 caught driving with a BAC exceeding 0.08 percent, or to an underage driver with any detectable BAC.
What is driving while intoxicated (DWI)?
The process of removing all alcohol or other drugs from a person's body.
What is detoxification?
The process of maintaining a steady state inside the body
What is homeostasis?
A measure of how much body fat a person has compared to muscle and bone.
What is body composition
The immune system's response to the proteins found in certain foods.
What is a food allergy?
A condition in which less and less alcohol causes intoxication
What is reverse tolerance?
The process of learning to cope with everyday living without drugs.
What is rehabilitation?