| Question |
Answer |
| Rules about what foods may be eaten. (often a part of religious beliefs) |
dietary laws |
| The scientific study of food and its preparation. |
food science |
| These are essential to life. These are chemicals from food that your body uses to carry out its functions. |
nutrients |
| The study of nutrients and how they are used in the body. |
nutrition |
| is a multitude of communication sources, including television, radio, movies, newspapers, magazines, advertisements, and the Internet |
media |
| A person’s typical way of life, which includes how you spend your time and what’s important to you. |
lifestyle |
| Shared customs, traditions, and beliefs of a large group of people which defines a group’s unique identity. |
culture |
| Materials or qualities that help you reach a goal. Time, money, knowledge, and equipment. |
resources |
| is a way of living based on healthy attitudes and actions.A philosophy that encourages people to take responsibility for their own physical, emotional, and mental health. |
wellness |
| The food choices you make. & The amount and type of physical activity you get. |
physical wellness |
| The way you manage your feelings and emotions. |
emotional wellness |
| The way you handle social situations, friends, peers, work setting. |
social wellness |
| Feeling of security and sense of belonging that contribute to your sense of well being. |
mental wellness |
| Religious or faith system that contributes to peace of mind or balance in your life. |
spiritual wellness |
| The amount of heat energy required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water one degree Celsius |
calorie |
| Foods that are high in calories, low in nutrition, junk food |
empty calories |
| Foods that are high in nutrition with respect to the number of calories |
nutrient dense |
| feeling of fullness, appetite satisfaction |
satiation |
| A measure of the rate at which ingested food causes the level of glucose in the blood to rise |
glycemic index |
| taking into consideration the serving size, this is a way to measure impact of food ingestion on blood sugar levels |
gylcemic load |
| Contains all the essential amino acids |
complete proteins |
| components of proteins that can not be made by the body and must be consumed by the foods we eat |
essential amino acids |
| Adding 10% of the daily nutritional value of a selected nutrient to a food |
fortified |
| To improve the nutritive value of a food by adding nutrients by restoring part of the nutrients lost in processing |
enriched |
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