A | B |
amino acids | substances that make up protein |
anorexia nervosa | an eating disorder in which a person avoids food, has intense fear of becoming fat, and loses a large amount of weight |
bulimia | an eating disorder in which a person periodically eats huge amounts of food within a short time and then often vomits |
Calorie | a unit of heat used to measure the amount of energy the body can obtain from food |
cholesterol | a fatlike substance that is made by body cells and also is found in certain animal food products |
complete protein food | a food that contains all of the necessary amino acids |
complex carbohydrate | a more complicated form of carbohydrate that takes longer for the body to digest |
incomplete protein food | a food that lacks one or more of the necessary amino acids |
saturated fat | a type of fat that is usually found in animal sources |
simple carbohydrate | the form of carbohydrate that can be changed to energy quickly |
unsaturated fat | a type of fat usually found in certain plant sources |