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vocab
Term | Definition |
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hunger | a feeling of discomfort or weakness caused by lack of food, coupled with the desire to eat. |
appetite | a natural desire to satisfy a bodily need, especially for food. |
nutrition | the process of providing or obtaining the food necessary for health and growth. |
nutrients | a substance that provides nourishment essential for growth and the maintenance of life. |
proteins | any of a class of nitrogenous organic compounds that consist of large molecules composed of one or more long chains of amino acids |
carbohydrates | any of a large group of organic compounds occurring in foods and living tissues and including sugars, starch, and cellulose. |
obesity | the condition of being grossly fat or overweight. |
overweight | above a weight considered normal or desirable. |
vitamins | any of a group of organic compounds that are essential for normal growth and nutrition and are required in small quantities in the diet because they cannot be synthesized by the body. |
minerals | a solid inorganic substance of natural occurrence |
glucose | a simple sugar that is an important energy source in living organisms and is a component of many carbohydrates. |
glycogen | a substance deposited in bodily tissues as a store of carbohydrates. It is a polysaccharide that forms glucose on hydrolysis. |
cholesterol | a compound of the sterol type found in most body tissues, including the blood and the nerves. |
fiber | a thread or filament from which a vegetable tissue, mineral substance, or textile is formed. |
saturated fat | a type of fat, in which the fatty acids all have single bonds |
unsaturated fat | a fat or fatty acid in which there is at least one double bond within the fatty acid chain |
water | a colorless, transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid that forms the seas, lakes, rivers, and rain and is the basis of the fluids of living organisms. |
food additives | a substance added to food to enhance its flavor or appearance or to preserve it |
enriched foods | nutrients that were lost during food processing have been added back. |
calorie | either of two units of heat energy. |