Nutrition Terminology Crossword Puzzle

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PROTEIN : Nutrient made up of amino acids
PICA : Non-nutritive eating
OBESITY : Excessive accumulation of body fat usually defined as 20% above desirable weight.
GLYCOGEN : A stored form of carbohydrates
MACRO NUTRIENTS : Nutrients required by the body in large amounts (carbohydrates, fats, and proteins).
ANOREXIA NERVOSA : A disorder characterized by perceptual distortion of body shape.
NUTRITIONAL SCREENING : A process used to identify individual at nutritional risk or with nutritional problems
CARBOHYDRATES : A body's main source of energy
BITOT SPOTS : Greyish-yellow or white foamy areas seen on the sclera of the eye as a result of vitamin A deficiency
CHEILOSIS : A clinical finding caused by vitamin B6 deficiency and manifested by reddened lips and fissures at the angles of the mouth
KWASHIORKOR : Protein deficiency characterized by edema, growth failure, and muscle wasting in children
MARASMUS : Energy and protein deficiency manifesting with significant loss of body weight, skeletal muscle, and adipose tissue mass (children)
BMI : A method used to evaluate weight-to-height ratio by dividing the patient's weight by the height in meters squared
MALNUTRITION : Any nutrition disorder but usually refers to long-term nutritional inadequacies or excesses
NUTRITION : The science of food as it relates to health and performance.
SARCOPENIC OBESITY : Combined loss of muscle mass with weight gain occurring in old age.
ANTHROPOMETRICS : A group  of nutritional assessment methods that includes weight-for-height measurement, BMI, skinfold measurement, and midarm circumference.
MICRO NUTRIENTS : Nutrients required and stored by the body in small amounts
WATER : The nutrient most vital to the body

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protein : nutrient made up of amino acids
pica : non-nutritive eating
obesity : excessive accumulation of body fat usually defined as 20% above desirable weight.
glycogen : a stored form of carbohydrates
macro nutrients : nutrients required by the body in large amounts (carbohydrates, fats, and proteins).
anorexia nervosa : a disorder characterized by perceptual distortion of body shape.
nutritional screening : a process used to identify individual at nutritional risk or with nutritional problems
carbohydrates : a body's main source of energy
bitot spots : greyish-yellow or white foamy areas seen on the sclera of the eye as a result of vitamin a deficiency
cheilosis : a clinical finding caused by vitamin b6 deficiency and manifested by reddened lips and fissures at the angles of the mouth
kwashiorkor : protein deficiency characterized by edema, growth failure, and muscle wasting in children
marasmus : energy and protein deficiency manifesting with significant loss of body weight, skeletal muscle, and adipose tissue mass (children)
bmi : a method used to evaluate weight-to-height ratio by dividing the patient's weight by the height in meters squared
malnutrition : any nutrition disorder but usually refers to long-term nutritional inadequacies or excesses
nutrition : the science of food as it relates to health and performance.
sarcopenic obesity : combined loss of muscle mass with weight gain occurring in old age.
anthropometrics : a group of nutritional assessment methods that includes weight-for-height measurement, bmi, skinfold measurement, and midarm circumference.
micro nutrients : nutrients required and stored by the body in small amounts
water : the nutrient most vital to the body