Name______Date______Period_____

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Directions: Use the chart on the following table and in your words use state adopted texts, “Food for Today,” pp 76-137, or “Guide to Good Food,” pp. 33-56 or the Internet, to define the following terms. Place definitions in your academicnotebook for study purposes.

Key Term / Your Definition
  1. Aerobic activity

  1. Aerobic exercise

  1. Anaerobic exercise

  1. Anorexia nervosa

  1. Basal metabolism

  1. Behavior modification

  1. Binge eating disorder

  1. Body composition

  1. Body mass index (BMI)

  1. Bulimia nervosa

  1. Calorie

  1. Chronic diabetes

  1. Colostrum

  1. Dehydration

  1. Eating disorder

  1. Fad diet

  1. Fetus

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  1. Fitness

  1. Food allergy

  1. Food intolerance

  1. Healthy weight

  1. Lactation

  1. Life span

  1. Nutrient-dense foods

  1. Obesity

  1. Obstetrician

  1. Overweight

  1. Pediatrician

  1. Peer pressure

  1. Processed food

  1. Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA)

  1. Stress

  1. Underweight

  1. USDA Food Guide

  1. Waist-to-hip ratio

  1. Weight management

Name______Date______Period_____

4.02DLife Cycle Nutrition Key Terms

Directions: Use the chart on the following table and in your words use state adopted texts, “Food for Today,” pp 76-137, or “Guide to Good Food,” pp. 33-56 or the Internet, to define the following terms. Place definitions in your academic notebook for study purposes.

Key Term / Your Definition
  1. Aerobic activity
/ A physical activity that speeds a person’s heart rate and breathing
  1. Aerobic exercise
/ A vigorous activity that causes the heart rate to increase for at least 20 minutes
  1. Anaerobic exercise
/ Running a 100-meter dash or lifting weights are examples of a short-intense burst of burning energy
  1. Anorexia nervosa
/ An eating disorder where the person starves themselves
  1. Basal metabolism
/ Just enough energy our body needs to stay alive and carry on vital processes
  1. Behavior modification
/ Making gradual changes to your eating habits and activities in order to loose out
  1. Binge eating disorder
/ An eating disorder where there is large repeated episodes of uncontrolled eating amounts of food
  1. Body composition
/ Proportions of bone, muscle, fat and tissue that make up body weight
  1. Body mass index (BMI)
/ A calculation of a person’s weight and height to determine overweight or obesity
  1. Bulimia nervosa
/ Repeated binges followed by inappropriate behaviors to prevent weight gain
  1. Calorie
/ The unit used to measure the amount of energy value in foods
  1. Chronic diabetes
/ Severe condition in which the body cannot control blood sugar levels
  1. Colostrum
/ A thick yellowish fluid which has antibodies in breast milk and it will protect the body from infection
  1. Dehydration
/ Abnormal loss of body fluids
  1. Eating disorder
/ Abnormal eating behavior that harms one physically or mentally
  1. Fad diet
/ A diet that is popular for a short period of time
  1. Fetus
/ Unborn baby
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  1. Fitness
/ The body’s ability to meet physical demands
  1. Food allergy
/ A reaction to the body’s immune system when exposed to protein in foods
  1. Food intolerance
/ A negative physical reaction to food that does not involve the body’s immune system
  1. Healthy weight
/ A body mass index of 18.5 to 24.9 in an adult
  1. Lactation
/ Producing breast milk (breast-feeding)
  1. Life span
/ Stages of human growth from birth through maturity
  1. Nutrient-dense foods
/ Foods that have more vitamins and minerals compared to the number of calories it supplies
  1. Obesity
/ A condition in which there is excessive fat in the body and the BMI is 30 or more
  1. Obstetrician
/ Doctors who specialize in the care of pregnant women and child birth
  1. Overweight
/ A condition where a person is 10 % or above normal weight or BMI is 25 thru 29.9
  1. Pediatrician
/ Baby doctor
  1. Peer pressure
/ Influence of people in the same age group
  1. Processed food
/ Foods that have been canned, frozen, dried, cooked, or fortified
  1. Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA)
/ Amount of a nutrient needed by 98 % of the people in given age and gender groups
  1. Stress
/ Physical or mental tension causes by a reaction to a situation
  1. Underweight
/ A condition of being 10 % under your normal weight or a BMI of less than 18.5
  1. USDA Food Guide
/ A recommended number of daily savings for each food groups
  1. Waist-to-hip ratio
/ It’s calculated by dividing a person’s waist measurement by their hip measurement
  1. Weight management
/ Using healthy food choices and exercise to maintain a healthy weight

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