NUTRITION



ACROSS

1. cutting back on food eaten due to unhappiness with your body

4. fat stored in the body

7. how we think we look and how we think others see us

10. the ability of foods to maintain life & do work in the body

13. a "sweet" carbohydrate

16. nutrients needed by your body in small amounts to maintain systems

17. extreme excess of body fat

18. a "watery" fluid essential for life

19. a complex carbohydrate

21. essential(necessary) nutrient for bone production

23. a condition caused by too much or not enough energy/nutrient intake

24. a nutrient found in food that give us energy (9 calories per gram)

DOWN

2. a chemical substance found in food. Body uses for growth/health

3. a nutrient used by the body to build and maintain tissue

5. self starvation

6. the body's way of saying food is needed

7. eating large quantities of food over a short period

8. main source of energy for brain & muscles (4 calories per gram)

9. an organism's chemical process producing energy/growth

11. eating more food on a daily basis than the body requires

12. binge(too much/too quickly) eating & purging

14. part of plant foods that helps food move through the digestive tract

15. disease affecting  heart & blood vessels

20. the measure of energy supplied by food (unit of measurement)

22. nutrients needed by the body to promote growth & health



ANSWERS

ANOREXIANERVOSABINGEINGBODY IMAGE
BULIMIANERVOSACALCIUMCALORIE
CARBOHYDRATEDIETINGFAT
DISEASEENERGYBODYFAT
FIBREHEARTDISEASEHUNGER
MALNUTRITIONMETABOLISMWATER
MINERALSNUTRIENTVITAMINS
OBESITYOVEREATINGPROTEIN
STARCHSUGAR