Diseases
What is the condition in which arteries are narrowed by the accumulation of fatty substances on their inner surfaces?
Atherosclerosis
What is the basic component of all body cells; essential for building and repairing tissues, regulating body functions, producing antibodies that help prevent infections and disease, and provide heat and energy?
Proteins
What is the rate in which eh body uses energy just for maintains its own tissues without doing any voluntary work?
Basal Metabolic Rate
What is the rhythmic wavelike motion of the muscles?
Peristalsis
What is the metabolic disease caused by an insufficient secretion or use of insulin leading to an increased level of glucose in the body?
Diabetes Mellitus
What is the state or condition of one’s nutrition?
Nutritional Status
What is the calculation that ensures weight in relation to height and correlates this with body fat?
Body Mass Index
What is the state of good health with optimal boy function?
Wellness
What is the condition is which the bones come porous and break easily?
Osteoporosis
What is Obesity?
form of malnutrition caused by excess food consumption
What is the process by which the body breaks down food into smaller parts, changes the food chemically, and move the food through the digestive system?
Digestion
What is high blood pressure, may be caused by excess amount of fat or salt in diet; can lead to disease of the heart,blood vessels, and kidneys?
What is the organic compound that are essential to life; important for metabolism, tissue building, and regulation of body processes?
Vitamins
What is the process in which nutrients are used by the cells for building nutrients, providing energy, and regulating various body functions?
Metabolism
What is Absorption?
the process in which blood or lymph capillaries pick up the digested nutrients
What is Malnutrition?
State of poor nutrition
What is diet include clear liquids and full liquids bother are nutritionally inadequate and hold be used only for a short period of times?
Liquid Diets