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# 3 Wellness Vocab
# 3 Wellness Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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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 |