Health Crossword Puzzle

the process of providing or obtaining the food necessary for health and growth.
any of a large group of organic compounds occurring in foods and living tissues and including sugars, starch.
any of a class of organic compounds that are fatty acids or their derivatives and are insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents. They include many natural oils, waxes, and steroids.
a simple organic compound containing both a carboxyl (—COOH) and an amino (—NH2) group.
any of a group of organic compounds which are essential for normal growth and nutrition and are required in small quantities in the diet because they cannot be synthesized by the body.
an inorganic substance needed by the human body for good health.
vitamins that are able to be dissolved in water.
absorbed along with fats in the diet and can be stored in the body's fatty tissue.
a set of guidelines or qualitative statements for making food choices that will help a person or a population lead a healthy life.
the practice of abstaining from the consumption of meat
the chemical processes that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life.
the number of calories your body needs to accomplish its most basic (basal) life-sustaining functions.
any of a range of psychological disorders characterized by abnormal or disturbed eating habits
a severe, life-threatening, and treatable eating disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of eating large quantities of food
lack or loss of appetite for food
an emotional disorder involving distortion of body image and an obsessive desire to lose weight, in which bouts of extreme overeating are followed by depression and self-induced vomiting, purging, or fasting.
the subjective picture or mental image of one's own body.
a weight-to-height ratio, calculated by dividing one's weight in kilograms by the square of one's height in meters and used as an indicator of obesity and underweight.
the condition of being grossly fat or overweight.
is a component of body composition, calculated by subtracting body fat weight from total body weight: total body weight is lean plus fat.