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Nutrition correct answers The process by which your body takes in and uses food Nutrients correct answers Substances in food that your body needs to grow, to repair itself, and to supply you with energy essential nutrients correct answers nutrients necessary for normal body functioning that must be obtained from food Carbohydrates correct answers the starches and sugars present in foods Protein correct answers A three dimensional polymer made of monomers of amino acids Lipids correct answers Energy-rich organic compounds, such as fats, oils, and waxes, that are made of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. Vitamins correct answers Compounds found in food that help regulate many body processes Minerals correct answers Elements found in food that are used by the body Macronutrients correct answers A chemical substance that an organism must obtain in relatively large amounts -carb,protein,lipid kilocalorie (kcal) correct answers A quantity of heat equal to 1,000 calories. Used to measure the energy content of food, it is usually called a "Calorie."

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Nutrition correct answers The process by which your body takes in and uses food


Nutrients correct answers Substances in food that your body needs to grow, to repair itself, and to
supply you with energy


essential nutrients correct answers nutrients necessary for normal body functioning that must be
obtained from food


Carbohydrates correct answers the starches and sugars present in foods


Protein correct answers A three dimensional polymer made of monomers of amino acids


Lipids correct answers Energy-rich organic compounds, such as fats, oils, and waxes, that are
made of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.


Vitamins correct answers Compounds found in food that help regulate many body processes


Minerals correct answers Elements found in food that are used by the body


Macronutrients correct answers A chemical substance that an organism must obtain in relatively
large amounts
-carb,protein,lipid


kilocalorie (kcal) correct answers A quantity of heat equal to 1,000 calories. Used to measure the
energy content of food, it is usually called a "Calorie."


Micronutrients correct answers vitamins, minerals, water

, Phytochemicals correct answers Chemicals in plant-based foods that are not nutrients but that
have effects on the body.


Undernutrition correct answers The condition in which not enough calories are ingested to
maintain health


Overnutrition correct answers Too much food energy or excess nutrients to the degree of causing
disease or increasing risk of disease; a form of malnutrition


malnutrition correct answers a state of poor nutrition


Nutrient Deficiency correct answers the state of not having enough of a nutrient to maintain good
health


obesity correct answers excessive fatness


chronic disease correct answers an ongoing condition or illness


Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs) correct answers A set of nutritional reference values for the
United States and Canada that applies to healthy people.


Estimated Average Requirement (EAR) correct answers the average daily amount of a nutrient
that will maintain a specific biochemical or physiological function in half the healthy people of a
given age and gender group


Recommended dietary allowances correct answers recommended nutrient intakes that will meet
the needs of almost all healthy people

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