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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 health | the conbination of your physical, mental/emotional, and social wellbeing |
| wellness | total health; an ocerall state of well-being |
| lifestyle factors | personal behaviors and habits related to the way a person lives, that help determine his or her level of health |
| prevention | practicing healthy habits to keep a person well and free from disease and other ailments. |
| health education | the providing of accurate health information in such a way as to influence people to change attitudes so that they take positive action about their health |
| health literacy | an indicidual's capacity to obtain, interpret, and understand basic health information and services and use such informaiton and services in ways that promote his or her health and wellness. |
| heredity | all the traits and properties that are passed along biologically from both parents to child |
| environment | the sum total of your surroundiongs- your family, where you grew up, where you live now, and sll of your experiences |
| peers | people the same age who share a similar range of interests |
| culture | collective beliefs, customs, and behaviors of a group |
| risk factors | actions or behaviors that represent a potential health risk |
| values | your beliefs and standards of conduct that you find important |
| abstinence | voluntairily choosing not to do something |
| nutrients | substances in food that your body needs to grow, to repar itself, and to supply you with energy |
| hunger | natural drive that protects you from starvation |
| appetite | a desire, rather than a need, to eat |
| nutrition | the process by which the body takes in and uses food |
| carbohydrates | the starches and sugars found in foods |
| glucose | a simple sugar and the body's cheif fues |
| Glycogen | starch like substance |
| proteins | nutrients that help build and maintain body tissues |
| amino acids | substances that make up body proteins |
| lipid | fatty substance that does not dissolve in water |
| linoleic acid | an essential fatty acid not made in the body but which is essential for growth and healthy skin |
| vitamins | compounds that help regulate manu cital bodu processes including the digestion, absorbtion, and metabolism of other nutrients |
| minerals | substances that the body that act as catalysts, regulating many vital body processes |
| RDA | the amounts of nutrients that will prevent deficiencies and excesses in most healthy people |
| food additives | substances intentionally added to food to produce a desired effect |
| enriched food | a food in which nutrients that were lodt in processing have been added back |
| fortification | The addition of nutrients that are not naturally present |
| unit pricing | a strategy for recognizing the relative cost of a product based on the cost on standard unit such as an ounce or gram |
| overweight | Weighing more than 10 percent over the standard weight for height |
| obesity | excess body fat, or adipose tissue |
| underweight | Being 10 percent or more below normal weight |
| undernutrition | Not consuming enough essential nutrients or calories for normal body functions |
| BMI | ration of weight to height |
| nutrient dense | foods high in nutrients relatice to their caloric content |
| weight cycling | The cycle of losing, regaining, losing, and regaining weight |
| anorexia nervosa | disorder in which the irrational fear of becoming obese results in severe weight loss from self-included starvation |
| bulimia nervosa | a disotder in which cycles of overeating are followed by some form of purging or clearing of the digestive tract |
| electrolytes | minerals that become electrically charged when in solution |
| rehydration | restoring lost body fluids |
| carbohydrate loading | storing extra glycogen in the muscle |
| vegans | vegetairians who only eat foods of plant origin |
| nutrient supplement | pills, powders, liquids and other nonfood forms of nutrients |
| megadoses | Very large amounts of nutrient supplements |
| foodborne illness | food poisoning |
| contaminant | a substance that spoils or infects |
| pasteurized | Treated by a process of heating to destroy or slow the growth of pathogens |
| perishable | likely to spoil |
| cross contamination | spreading of bacteria from one food to another |
| food allergy | The body's immune system overreacts to substances in some foods |
| food intolerance | a negative reaction to a food or an ingredient in food that is not related to the body's immune system or food poisoning |
| incomplete proteins | foods that lack some of the essential amino acids |
| cholesterol | a fatlike substance produced in the liver of all animals and found only in animal products such as mild, cheese, meat, and chicken |
| complete proteins | foods that contain all of the essential amino acids that the body needs in proper ammounts |
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