Nutrients
Healthy Eating Plan
Weight Management
Eating Disorders
Vocabulary
100

Substances in your food that your body needs to function

Nutrients

100

What is one thing that may influence your food choices?

Family/friends, culture, convenience, media

100

A method for assessing your body size based on your height and weight.

Body Mass Index

100

The way you see your body

Body Image

100

Have a high amount of nutrients relative to their number of calories.

Nutrient Dense

200

Your body uses only small amounts of these but they are essential to your health.

Minerals

200

The body's physical need for food

Hunger

200

People who are ___________ may not be getting the nutrients their body needs and may be at risk for developing anemia.

Underweight

200

A disorder in which a person repeatedly eats too much at one time.

Binge Eating

200

DAILY DOUBLE!!!!  

Compounds that help regulate body functions.

300

These fats are usually solid at room temperature, such as butter.

Saturated Fats

300

The emotional desire for food

Appetite

300

Roughly what percentage of people who lose weight using fad diets gain it back within two years?

95%

300

People with this eating disorder may starve to death or die from kidney failure, heart failure, or other medical complications.

Anorexia Nervosa

300

The nutrients used to build and repair cells.

Proteins

400

These people may struggle to get all the amino acids the body requires but may do so through a combination of plant foods.

Vegetarians

400

DAILY DOUBLE!!!  

Keeping your portions to a reasonable size and limiting nutrients that can be harmful is ______________

400

How many calories does it take to produce one pound of fat?

3500

400

An eating disorder is a type of ___________ health problem.

Mental

400

A unit of heat that measures the available energy in food

Calorie
500

Small units that make up protein

Amino Acids

500

What are the five food groups

Grains, Vegetables, Fruits, Dairy, Protein

500

The balance between the calories you take in from food and the calories your body uses.

Energy Equation

500

People with this eating disorder often go to the bathroom after meals.

Bulimia Nervosa

500

Tough, stringy part of raw fruits, raw vegetables, whole wheat, and other grains.

Fiber