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Diet and Health

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All of these chemical reactions in cells are collectively called? Metabolism
The rate of the chemical reactions in your body. Metabolic rate
Your metabolic rate can be measured by measuring your? Oxygen consumption
Three factors that affect your metabolic rate Amount of activity, proportion of fat to muscle and inherited factors
Four diseases caused by being overweight. Heart disease, cancer, diabetes, arthritis.
The body needs carbohydrates for? Energy
The body needs fat for? Energy and storage
The body needs protein for? Repair and building of muscle
Minerals and vitamins are needed in small amounts to? Keep the body functioning healthily
Five ways that your body loses water. Sweat, breath, tears, faeces and urine
We need fibre in the diet to prevent? Constipation
This is when people do not eat a balanced diet. Malnourishment
Malnourished people can suffer from these type of diseases Deficiency diseases
Scurvy is caused by lack of which vitamin? Vitamin C
Rickets is caused by lack of which vitamin? Vitamin D
When people do not get enough energy in their food they become? Underweight
Very overweight people are said to be? Obese
Cholesterol is need in your body to? Strengthen cell membranes and make sex hormones
The drug used to treat high cholesterol is? Statins
Two sources of the cholesterol in your body Food and made by the liver.
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