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Antioxidants |
a substance such as vitamin C or E that removes potentially damaging oxidizing agents in a living organism |
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Body Mass Index (BMI) |
a weight-to-height ratio, calculated by dividing one's weight in kilograms by the square of one's height in meters and used as an indicator of obesity and underweight |
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Carbohydrates |
any of a large group of organic compounds occurring in foods and living tissues and including sugars, starch, and cellulose. They contain hydrogen and oxygen in the same ratio as water (2:1) and typically can be broken down to release energy in the animal body
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Celiac Disease |
a disease in which the small intestine is hypersensitive to gluten, leading to difficulty in digesting food
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Daily Values (DVs) |
a term on food labels based on the RDA (Recommended Dietary Allowance) designed to help consumers use food label information to plan a healthy diet
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Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs) |
are reference values that are quantitative estimates of nutrient intakes to be used for planning and assessing diets for healthy people
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Energy Expenditure |
the amount of energy(or calories) that a person needs to carry out a physical function such as breathing, circulating blood, digesting food, or physical movemen
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Failure to Thrive |
often defined as a weight for age that falls below the 5th percentile on multiple occasions or weight deceleration that crosses two major percentile lines on a growth chart, use of any single indicator has a low positive predictive value |
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Fats |
a natural oily or greasy substance occurring in animal bodies, especially when deposited as a layer under the skin or around certain organs |
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Food Insecurity |
the state of being without reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food |
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Gluten |
a substance present in cereal grains, especially wheat, that is responsible for the elastic texture of dough. A mixture of two proteins, it causes illness in people with celiac disease |
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Iron Deficiency Anemia |
a condition in which blood lacks adequate healthy red blood cells. Red blood cells carry oxygen to the body's tissues. As the name implies, iron deficiency anemia is due to insufficient iron |
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Macronutrients |
a substance required in relatively large amounts by living organisms, in particular.a type of food (e.g., fat, protein, carbohydrate) required in large amounts in the human diet.a chemical element (e.g., potassium, magnesium, calcium) required in large amounts for plant growth and development. |
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Malnutrition |
lack of proper nutrition, caused by not having enough to eat, not eating enough of the right things, or being unable to use the food that one does eat |
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Micronutrients |
a chemical element or substance required in trace amounts for the normal growth and development of living organisms |
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Minerals |
a solid inorganic substance of natural occurrence |
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Nutrient - Dense Foods |
are foods that have a lot of nutrients but relatively few calories. Look for foods that contain vitamins, minerals, complex carbohydrates, lean protein, and healthy fats |
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Nutrients |
a substance that provides nourishment essential for growth and the maintenance of life |
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Nutritions |
nourishing; efficient as food |
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Overnutrition |
or hyperalimentation is a form of malnutrition in which the intake of nutrients is oversupplied. The amount of nutrients exceeds the amount required for normal growth, development, and metabolism |
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Phytochemicals |
any of various biologically active compounds found in plants |
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Protiens |
any of a class of nitrogenous organic compounds that consist of large molecules composed of one or more long chains of amino acids and are an essential part of all living organisms, especially as structural components of body tissues such as muscle, hair, collagen, etc., and as enzymes and antibodies |
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Psychosocial |
of or relating to the interrelation of social factors and individual thought and behavior |
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Rickets |
a disease of children caused by vitamin D deficiency, characterized by imperfect calcification, softening, and distortion of the bones typically resulting in bow legs |
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Sleep Apnea |
is a common disorder in which you have one or more pauses in breathing or shallow breaths while you sleep. Breathing pauses can last from a few seconds to minutes. They may occur 30 times or more an hour. Typically, normal breathing then starts again, sometimes with a loud snort or choking sound |
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Supplemental food programs |
works to improve the health of low-income elderly persons at least 60 years of age by supplementing their diets with nutritious USDA Foods. ... Through CSFP, USDA distributes both food and administrative funds to participating States and Indian Tribal Organizations |
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Trans Fats |
an unsaturated fatty acid of a type occurring in margarines and manufactured cooking oils as a result of the hydrogenation process, having a trans arrangement of the carbon atoms adjacent to its double bonds. Consumption of such acids is thought to increase the risk of atherosclerosis |
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Undernutrition |
is defined as the outcome of insufficient food intake and repeated infectious diseases. It includes being underweight for one's age, too short for one's age (stunted), dangerously thin for one's height (wasted) and deficient in vitamins and minerals (micronutrient malnutrition) |
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Vitamin D |
any of a group of vitamins found in liver and fish oils, essential for the absorption of calcium and the prevention of rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults. They include calciferol ( vitamin D2 ) and cholecalciferol ( vitamin D3 ) |
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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 |
