Nutrients
Chemical substances in foods that are used by the body for growth and health
food sercurity
Access at all times to a sufficient supply of state nutritious foods
Food insecurity
Limited or uncertain availability of safe nutritious foods or the ability to acquire them in socially acceptable ways
Calorie
A unit of measure of the amount of energy supplied by food. Kilocalorie
essential nutrients
Substances required for growth/health that can't be produced/produced in sufficient amounts by the body. They must be obtain from diet
Amino acids
building blocks of proteins, contain nitrogen
Kwashiorkor
A serve form of protein-energy malnutrition in young children. Characterized by swelling,fatty liver susceptibility to infection profound apathy and poor appetite-causes unclear
Saturated fats
Fats in which adjacent carbons in the fatty acid component are linked by single bonds
Unsaturated fats
Fats in which adjacent carbons in one or more double bonds
Trans fats
Unsaturated fats present in hydrogenated oils margarine shorting pastries and some cooking oils; increases risk of heart disease.
malnutrition
The cellular imbalance between the supply of nutrients and energy and the body's demand for them to ensure growth, maintenance, and specific functions.
primary malnutrition
malnutrition that results directly from inadequate or excessive dietary intake of energy or nutrients
secondary malnutrition
malnutrition that results from a condition rather than primarily from dietary intake
Energy-dense foods
foods that have relatively high-calorie values per unit weight of the food
Empty-calorie foods
Foods that provide an excess of calories relative to their nutrient content
Nutrient-dense foods
foods that contain relatively high amounts of nutrients compared to their caloric value