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| BMI | Body Mass Index; a percentage of fat and muscle mass in the body |
| Consumer | Utilizing economic goods |
| Convenience Foods | Any packaged food, dish or meal that can be prepared quickly or easily |
| Food labels | Nutrition information found on packaged foods |
| Healthy Lifestyle | A pattern of living that promotes health & wellness |
| Menu | A list of dishes served at a meal |
| Nutrients | Nourishing, providing nutrients |
| Weight management | controlling healthy weight with diet, exercise and proper nutition |
| Additives | Substances added to food for a specific purpose |
| Calories | Units for measuring energy |
| Carbohydrates | Organic substances from plants providing body's main source of energy |
| Dietary guidelines | Directions to an individual's food needs |
| Etiquette | Conventional requirements as to social behavior, proper conduct as established in a class or community |
| Food Pyramid | A diagram that represents a healthy diet by placing food groups in a pyramid according to the number of servings from each group to be eaten every day. |
| Nutrients | The substances found in food that keeps your body in good working order |
| Nutrition | Process of nourishing or being nourished, expecially the process by which a living organism uses food for growth and replacement of tissues; the science or study that deals with food and its functions in the body |
| Nutritionally Dense foods | Foods with a high proportion of nutrients compared to the calories |
| Nutritive Value | The relative worth of nutrients found in food |
