FOOD #99
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wendy-alvarado on January 3, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Aerobic activity | Walking, jogging, swimming, and biking |
| Aerobic exercise | Vigorous activity that increases the heart and breathing rate for at least 20 minutes |
| Anaerobic exercise | Exercise that involves short, intense bursts of activity |
| Anorexia nervosa | Eating disorder in which an extremely thin person sees self as fat has intense fear of gaining weight |
| Basal metabolism | Minimum amount of energy needed to maintain basic body processes |
| Behavior modification | Making gradual, permanent changes in eating and activity habits |
| inge eating disorder | Disorder in which person eats abnormally large amounts of food in short time |
| Body composition | The percentages of fat, bone and muscle in human bodies |
| Body mass index (BMI) | Measurement that uses a ratio of height to weight |
| Bulimia nervosa | Eating disorder; binge eating is followed by purging to rid body of food and calories and prevent weight gain |
| Calorie | Amount of energy needed to raise temperature of 1 kilogram of water 1 degree Celsius |
| Chronic diabetes | Condition in which the body can't control blood sugar level. Long-term in health problems |
| Colostrum | Thick, yellowish fluid that is rich in nutrients and antibodies and protects baby from infection. |
| Dehydration | During strenuous activity, teen athletes risk ___, a lack of water to meet the body's needs |
| Eating disorder | Conditions marked by extreme emotions, attitudes, and behaviors related to food, eating, and weight |
| Fad diet | Popular weight-loss method that ignores sound nutrition principles |
| Fetus | Unborn baby |
| Fitness | good physical condition; being in shape or in condition |
| Food allergy | Abnormal response to certain foods by body's immune system |
| Food intolerance | Adverse physical reaction to food, not involving immune system |
| Healthy weight | is a body weight that is appropriate for your height and benefits your health |
| Lactation | Breast milk production |
| Life span | Stages of human development from birth through maturity. |
| Nutrient-dense food | Foods that provide substantial amounts of vitamins and minerals and relatively fewer calories |
| Obesity | the state of being obese due to an excess of body fat;;BMI more than 30 or equal to |
| Obstetrician | Physician who specializes in the care of women during pregnancy and childbirth |
| Overweight | Body Mass Index higher than 25 but lower than 30.;;;; having more body fat |
| Pediatrician | Physician who cares for infants and children |
| Peer pressure | The eating habits of teens are sometimes affected by _, the influence of people in the same age group. |
| Processed food | Foods that undergo slicing, dicing, cutting, chopping, cooking, mixing, grinding, smoking, drying, packaging, canning or other procedures that alter the food from its original state |
| Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) | Amount of a nutrient needed by 98 % of the people in given age and gender group. |
| Stress | Physical or mental tension caused by reaction to a situation. |
| Underweight | Human who is considered to be under a healthy weight;;;;;;; A BMI of under 18.5 is usually referred to as underweight. |
| USDA Food Guide | It incorporates recommendations from the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (my pyramid) |
| Waist-to-hip ratio | the ratio of the circumference of the waist to that of the hips |
| Weight management | The way you manage your weight |
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