Nutrition Crossword

The process by which your body takes in and uses food.
A unit of energy
What describes the rate at which body breaks down substances, and gets energy from food?
These are the Items found in food that your body uses to fuel and maintain itself.
A psychological desire for food describes what?
The natural physical drive prompted by the body's need for food is called what?
Good fat can be described as what?
Bad fat describes what?
Primary form of fat found in the blood used to build cells and certain hormones.
A type of stored fat comprised of fat and sugar molecules bound together to store unused calories to provide the body with energy.
Starches and sugars found in food which provides your body main source of energy describes?
A tough, complex, carbohydrate that the body cannot digest.
A chronic disease that affects the way cells convert sugar into energy
Elements found in food that are used by the body are called what?
Nutrients the body uses to build and maintain its cells and tissues are?
Compounds found in food that help regulate many body processes are called?
Essential nutrient for most body functions because all of the body's cells contain this nutrient.
A measure of body weight relative to height, weight describes what vocabulary term?
Good cholesterol that picks up excess cholesterol in the blood and takes it back to the liver for removal.
Carries cholesterol and deposits it on the walls of arteries and is considered harmful.