Hungry
A desire, rather than a need, to eat certain types of foods
Appetite
A healthy infants weight will what by a year old?
Triple
How you see and feel about your appearance and how comfortable you are with you body
Body Image
Passing down traits from parent to child
Heredity
Transferring contaminants from one food to another
Cross-Contaminating
A person who is heavy for his or her weight
Overweight
Amount of Amino Acids needed to create a body protein
20
Eating disorder involving eating large amounts of food in one sitting
Binge Eating
A program of sensible eating and exercise habits that will keep weight at a healthy level
Weight Management
Procedure that changes the structure of the digestive track by changing the route and skipping part of the stomach and intestine
Gastric Bypass
A condition where a person has an excessive amount of body fat
Obesity
Less than this % of teens get their recommended amount of daily Calcium
50%
Behavior that involves vomiting or misusing laxatives to rid the body of food
Purging
An index of weight in relation to height, used to assess healthy body weight
Body Mass Index (BMI)
An abnormal response to a food caused by the body's immune system
Food Allergy
The bodies physical response to the need for food
Hunger
How many cups of fluids should you get per day?
8
Eating disorder in which an individual repeatedly eats large amounts of food and then uses behaviors such as vomiting or using laxatives to rid the body of food
Bulimia Nervosa
A measure of the proportion of body weight that is made up of fat tissue compared to bone and muscle
Body Composition
A diet that requires major changes in your eating habits and promises quick results
Fad Diet
The rate at which body uses energy to stay alive
Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)
In order to lose 1 pound per week, how many calories do you need to cut per day?
500
Anorexia Nervosa
Name of the weight loss pill proven to help you lose weight and keep it off, even after you stop taking the pill
None
Stomach Ulcer, Heartburn, Gas and Diarrhea are signs of
Digestive Problems