Chapter 2: Nutritional needs and health- Keywords

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Healthy, balanced diet.
A diet that contains the correct proportions of: carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, minerals and water. This is necessary for good health, to grow properly, be active and maintain a healthy body.
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Diet.
The food that you eat every day. There are also special diets ie. low-fat, calorie-controlled, vegetarian.
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Lacto-vegetarian.
Someone who doesn't eat meat or fish but will eat milk and milk products.
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Lacto-ovo-vegetarian.
Someone who doesn't eat meat or fish but will eat animal products ie. dairy, eggs, plant foods (nuts, veg).
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Coeliac.
Someone who can't absorb and digest gluten in their small intestine. Must avoid wheat and wheat products, and products containing barley, oats and rye.
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Lactose intolerant.
Someone who can't digest the disaccharide sugar lactose. Must avoid milk and milk products.
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Life stages.
Phases of development that people go through during their life: infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood and the elderly.
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Kilocalorie (kcal) / Kilojoule (kJ).
Units used to measure energy.
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Energy dense.
A food that contains a lot of fat or carbohydrate and has a high energy value.
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BMR.
Basal metabolic rate. The minimum amount of energy needed to keep the body alive.
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PAL.
Physical Activity Level. The amount of energy used for movement and physical activity every day.
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Energy balance.
When amount of energy we get from food each day is the same as the amount of energy we use each day.
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Modify.
To change something in a recipe ie. an ingredient/cooking method to make it more healthy.
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Nutrient profile.
The different nutrients that a specific food contains.
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Risk factor.
An action or natural tendency that makes someone more likely to develop a disease or health condition.
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Malnutrition.
Having a diet that isn't balanced.
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Diet-related disease.
A disease/health condition where 1+ risk factors for developing it are how much of particular foods/drinks you eat or drink over a period of time ie. skeletal disease, obesity,type 2 diabetes.
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The food that you eat every day. There are also special diets ie. low-fat, calorie-controlled, vegetarian.

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Diet.

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Someone who doesn't eat meat or fish but will eat milk and milk products.

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Someone who doesn't eat meat or fish but will eat animal products ie. dairy, eggs, plant foods (nuts, veg).

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Someone who can't absorb and digest gluten in their small intestine. Must avoid wheat and wheat products, and products containing barley, oats and rye.

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