Substances in your food that your body needs to function
Nutrients
What is one thing that may influence your food choices?
Family/friends, culture, convenience, media
A method for assessing your body size based on your height and weight.
Body Mass Index
The way you see your body
Body Image
Have a high amount of nutrients relative to their number of calories.
Nutrient Dense
Your body uses only small amounts of these but they are essential to your health.
Minerals
The body's physical need for food
Hunger
People who are ___________ may not be getting the nutrients their body needs and may be at risk for developing anemia.
Underweight
A disorder in which a person repeatedly eats too much at one time.
Binge Eating
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!
Compounds that help regulate body functions.
These fats are usually solid at room temperature, such as butter.
Saturated Fats
The emotional desire for food
Appetite
Roughly what percentage of people who lose weight using fad diets gain it back within two years?
95%
People with this eating disorder may starve to death or die from kidney failure, heart failure, or other medical complications.
Anorexia Nervosa
The nutrients used to build and repair cells.
Proteins
These people may struggle to get all the amino acids the body requires but may do so through a combination of plant foods.
Vegetarians
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
Keeping your portions to a reasonable size and limiting nutrients that can be harmful is ______________
How many calories does it take to produce one pound of fat?
3500
An eating disorder is a type of ___________ health problem.
Mental
A unit of heat that measures the available energy in food
Small units that make up protein
Amino Acids
What are the five food groups
Grains, Vegetables, Fruits, Dairy, Protein
The balance between the calories you take in from food and the calories your body uses.
Energy Equation
People with this eating disorder often go to the bathroom after meals.
Bulimia Nervosa
Tough, stringy part of raw fruits, raw vegetables, whole wheat, and other grains.
Fiber