Nutrients
Nutrients that are the body's major source of energy. Can be found in fruits, vegetables, grains, and dairy.
Carbohydrates
Ratio of the various components (fat, muscle, bone) that makes up the body.
Body Composition
Sugars that do not occur naturally in food.
Added Sugar
Form of poor nutrition in which person does not get or property absorb the recommended amounts of essential nutrients.
Malnutrition
Simple carbohydrate and the preferred source of energy for the brain and central nervous system.
Glucose
Fats
Locations of fat deposits on a person's body that can be an indicator of future health problems.
Body-fat distribution
Units of energy in food.
Calories
Form of malnutrition caused by the body not receiving or absorbing needed nutrients.
Undernutrition
Conditions in which a person's body cannot digest particular types of foods.
Food intolerance.
Inorganic nutrients absorbed from plants, water, and animal food sources.
Minerals
Unreliable tool used to determine whether a person's weight is healthy for that person's height.
Body Mass Index (BMI)
Recommended daily intake amounts for specific nutrients based on a 2000 calorie eating plan
Daily Values
Overnutrition
Condition in which the body's immune system reacts to food as if its harmful.
Food allergy.
Nutrient the body uses to build and maintain cells and tissues and provide energy. Made up of amino acid chains.
Proteins
Obesity
Guidelines published by the USDA and DHHS that provide recommendations for establishing eating patterns to promote health.
Dietary Guidelines for Americans
A required label on all packaged foods. Contains information about serving size, amount of calories, nutrient amount and percent of Daily Value.
Nutrition Facts Label
Complex carbohydrate found only in plant-based foods
Dietary fiber
Organic nutrients that promote growth and development, help regulate body processes, and maintain healthy skin.
Condition of excess body weight from fat, bone, muscle, water or a combo of these factors.
Overweight
Units of energy that supply few or no nutrients to the body
Empty calories
Foods that provide vitamins, minerals, and other substances with positive health effects that contain little to no saturated fat, added sugar, refined starches, and sodium.
Nutrient-dense foods
Type of fat found in processed foods.
Trans fat