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Nutrition Vocabulary
Nutrition Vocabulary Words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| calorie | an amount of food having an energy-producing value |
| carbohydrates | any of various compounds of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen |
| proteins | contain elements carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur; include many compounds essential for life and are supplied by various foods such as meat, milk, beans, eggs, and nuts |
| fats | a major class of energy-rich food, cannot be dissolved by water |
| colander | a utensil with small holes for draining food |
| dehydration | to remove water from foods |
| obesity | very fat |
| starch | a white odorless tasteless carbohydrate |
| nutrition | the act or process of nourishing or being nourished-the process by which an animal or plant takes in and makes use of food substances |
| molecule | the smallest particle of a substance having all the characteristics of the substance |