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Substances in foods that your body needs to grow, have energy, and stay healthy.
Nutrients
The psychological desire for food.
Appetite
The way you see your body
Body Image
The physical need for food.
Hunger
The starches and sugars found in foods.
Carbohydrates
More than the appropriate weight for gender, height, age, body frame, and growth pattern.
Over Weight
Less Than the appropriate weight for gender, height, age, body frame, and growth pattern.
Under Weight
Foods that offer few, if any, nutrients but do supply calories.
Empty-Calorie Foods
A person is more than 20 percent higher than what is appropriate for their height, age, and body frame.
Obese
A sickness that results from eating food that is not safe to eat.
Foodborne Illness
Compounds that help to regulate body processes.
Vitamins
The nutrient group used to build and repair cells.
Protein
Nutrients that promote normal growth, give you energy, and keep your skin healthy.
Fats
A unit of heat that measures the energy available in foods.
Calorie
Fats that are usually solid at room temperature.
Saturated Fat
Substances the body uses to form healthy bones and teeth, keep blood healthy, and keep the heart and other organs working properly.
Minerals
Foods having a high amount of nutrients relative to the number of calories.
Nutrient Dense
Extreme eating behavior that can lead to serious illness or even death.
Eating Disorder
A shortage of a nutrient.
Nutrient Deficiency
An eating disorder in which a person repeatedly eats too much food at one time.
Binge Eating
An eating disorder in which a person strongly fears gaining weight and starves herself or himself.
Anorexia Nervosa
A complex carbohydrate that the body cannot break down or use for energy
Fiber
Fats that are usually liquid at room temperature.
Unsaturated Fat
A method for assessing your body size by taking your height and weight into account.
BMI
A waxy, fat-like substance that the body uses to build cells and make other substances
Cholesterol