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Wellness Vocabulary
Coach Thomas
Term | Definition |
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Phyical Health | refers to the fitness of your body |
Nutrients | chemical component of food necessary for the body |
Types of Nutrients | Provides energy; materials for growth; regulates chemical processes |
Nutrition | the study of nutrients and how are used by the body |
Mential Health | how you feel about yourself, your life, and those around you |
Social Health | how you get along with other people |
Food Choices | personal factors differ from person to person |
Types of food choices | taste preferences; genetics; age; knowledge, health |
Appetite | a strong desire to feed a bodily need |
Flavor | a specific taste of food or drink |
Economic factors | cost of food, occupation, time & money, marketplace |
Enviromental factors | government policy, weather, availability, convenience |
Emotional/psychological factors | stress eating, serving food when someone is sick/funeral, positive or negative association with food |
Food Environment | physical presence of food that affects you, proximity, access to food |
Hunger | a state when a person is unable to provide enough food/nutrition for themselves |
Lifestyle | the way a group of people live and work |
Culture | a learned pattern, behavior, attitudes that are shared by a group of people |