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Basic Nutrition
Basic terms for discussing digestion and nutrition
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| nutrition | _____ is a process. We eat food to stay healthy. |
| Digest | We chew food and break the food into smaller parts. |
| Carbohydrates | bread, rice, cereal are kinds of ____ |
| proteins | chicken fish and cheese are kinds of ___ |
| mouth | First, you chew the food in your ___. |
| esophagus | Next, your food moves down this tube to your stomach. |
| Stomach | In your _____, the food is mixed and mashed. |
| Small | Then, the food goes through the ___ intestine. |
| Large | Finally, the digested food moves through the ____ intestine. |
| Process | The ___ of digestion begins in the mouth and ends in the large intestine. |
| Function | The ____ of bread is to give me energy. |