Childhood Nutrition Vocabulary Activity (5)

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+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+ | **Term** | **Use-** | **Definition** | **Mnemonic | | | | | Device** | | | **Noun, Adj, | | | | | Verb** | | | +=================+=================+=================+=================+ | obesity | | A body weight | | | | | more than 20% | | | | | higher than the | | | | | average weight | | | | | for a person of | | | | | a given age and | | | | | height; limit | | | | | calories, | | | | | increase | | | | | exercise | | +-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+ | food jag | | Consuming a | | | | | single food or | | | | | only a few | | | | | foods for an | | | | | extended period | | +-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+ | cardiovascular | | A disease or | | | disease | | disorder that | | | | | results from | | | | | progressive | | | | | damage to the | | | | | heart and blood | | | | | vessels | | +-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+ | type 2 diabetes | | Adult on- set | | | | | diabetes, | | | | | occurring in | | | | | obese children | | +-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+ | competitive | | foods and | | | foods | | beverages | | | | | available in a | | | | | school setting | | | | | that are not | | | | | part of the | | | | | government- | | | | | funded lunch | | | | | program, | | | | | including items | | | | | found in a | | | | | vending | | | | | machine, school | | | | | snack bar, | | | | | fundraisers, | | | | | and other food | | | | | and beverages | | | | | available in | | | | | the cafeteria | | +-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+ | school wellness | | All school | | | policy | | districts with | | | | | a federally- | | | | | funded school | | | | | meals program | | | | | must have a | | | | | wellness policy | | | | | that addresses | | | | | nutrition & | | | | | physical | | | | | activity | | +-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+ | anemia | | A deficiency of | | | | | red blood cells | | | | | or of | | | | | hemoglobin in | | | | | the blood | | +-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+ | malnutrition | | A condition | | | | | that arises | | | | | when the body | | | | | does not get | | | | | the right | | | | | amount of | | | | | vitamins, | | | | | minerals, and | | | | | other nutrients | | | | | to maintain | | | | | healthy tissues | | | | | and proper | | | | | organ function | | +-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+ | Vitamin A | | Night blindness | | | | | may be caused | | | | | by a deficiency | | | | | of\.....; found | | | | | in orange | | | | | vegetables | | +-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+ | Vitamin C | | An important | | | | | substance | | | | | needed for | | | | | proper repair | | | | | of the skin and | | | | | tissues; aids | | | | | in and promotes | | | | | the skin\'s | | | | | healing | | | | | process; found | | | | | in citrus | | | | | fruits | | +-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+ | Iron | | mineral needed | | | | | to prevent | | | | | anemia; found | | | | | in red meats | | +-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+ | Calcium | | important for | | | | | bone and teeth | | | | | formation and | | | | | maintenance, | | | | | blood clotting, | | | | | nerve | | | | | transmission, | | | | | muscle | | | | | contraction and | | | | | relaxation | | +-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+ | Vitamin D | | A fat soluble | | | | | vitamin that | | | | | prevent | | | | | rickets. | | +-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+ | Rickets | | a bone | | | | | disorder. | | | | | Produced in the | | | | | skin from | | | | | exposure to | | | | | sunlight. Found | | | | | in fatty fish, | | | | | eggs and meat | | +-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+ | Fluoride | | Mineral that | | | | | helps with | | | | | tooth decay | | | | | prevention; | | | | | found in tap | | | | | water and tooth | | | | | paste | | +-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+ | Zinc | | necessary for | | | | | wound healing | | | | | and immune | | | | | system | | | | | functioning; | | | | | found in meats | | +-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+ | Vitamin K | | Aids in the | | | | | coagulation of | | | | | blood; found in | | | | | dark green | | | | | leafy | | | | | vegetables; | | | | | \"blood | | | | | clotting\" | | | | | vitamin | | +-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+