KG Health Chapter 5
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kathygriffith Plus on October 28, 2009
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The terms and definitions for Health Chapter 5.
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 appetite | a desire, rather than a need, to eat. |
| nutrients | substances in food that your body need to function properly |
| hunger | a natural drive that helps protect you from starvation |
| nutrition | the process by which the body takes in food |
| proteins | nutrients that help build and maintain tissues |
| glycogen | a starchlike substance stored in the liver and muscles |
| carbohydrates | the starches and sugars found in foods |
| glucose | a simple sugar and the body's chief fuel |
| amino acids | substances that make up the body's proteins |
| minerals | inorganic substances that the body cannot manufacture but act as catalysts, regulating many vital body processes |
| recommended dietary allowances (RDA) | the amounts of nutrients that will prevent deficiencies in most healthy people |
| fortifying | the addition to food of nutrients that are not naturally present |
| additives | substances added to foods intentionally to produce a desired effect |
| enriched food | a food in which nutrients were lost in processing have been added back |
| unit pricing | a strategy for recognizing the relative cost of a product based on the cost of a standard unit |
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