Crossword Puzzle: Basic Nutrition

Test your knowledge of basic nutrition principles with this crossword puzzle.

ACROSS

1. Units by which energy is measured
2. The physiological drive for food
3. The body’s ability to recognize and eliminate foreign invaders, such as bacteria
4. Altered glucose regulation and utilization
5. Higher than normal blood pressure
6. Providing enough—but not too much—of a substance
7. Sometimes known as “blood sugar”
8. The characteristics that enable to body to perform physical activity

DOWN

5. Sudden tissue death caused by blockages of vessels that feed the heart

1. The addition to a food of nutrients that were lost during processing
2. Organic, essential nutrients required in small amounts by the body for health
3. Providing all of the essential nutrients, fiber, and energy in amounts sufficient to maintain health
4. Providing foods of a number of types in proportion to each other
5. Condition caused by excess or deficient food energy or nutrient intake, or by an imbalance of nutrients
6. Food is broken down into absorbable units
7. Physically inactive
8. Eating a wide selection of foods within and among the major food groups
9. Found in meat, poultry, fish, eggs, milk, nuts, and seeds
10. Chemical substances obtained from food and used in the body
11. A form of carbohydrate found in plant foods that is not digested by the human digestive enzymes

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Review Date 11/09
G-1181