Nutrition/Fitness Vocab.

Nutrition/Fitness Vocab. (Bold not in the book) Calories Flexibility Physical fitness Fat Isometric Mineral Saturated fat Protein Nutrition Fat soluble vitamin Water soluble vitamin Recommended daily allowances Aerobic Metabolic Endurance Anaerobic Isotonic Isokinetic Unsaturated fat Vitamins Anorexia Carbohydrates Fiber Bulimia Daily values Soluble fiber

Calories Unit to measure energy from food.

Aerobic With oxygen.

Metabolic Rate at which your body converts food energy into the energy that keeps you alive.

Flexibility Ability of a body part to move through a full range of motion.

Physical fitness The ability of the body to carry out daily physical activities without getting out of breath or tired.

Endurance The ability of the muscle to keep working over a period of time.

Anaerobic Without oxygen.

Isometric Strengthening/contracting a muscle with NO movement. (planks).

Isotonic Strengthening through a full range of motion.

Isokinetic Strengthening with continuous speed but with variable resistance, usually a machine.

Saturated fat Made of saturated fatty acids, solid at room temperature and come in animal foods.

Unsaturated fat Fats that are made up of unsaturated fatty acids, found in plants are liquid at room temperature.

Fiber Type of complex carbohydrate that cannot be digested.

Vitamins Class of nutrients that contain carbon and are needed in small amounts to maintain health and allow growth

Protein Help build new cells and repair existing ones, made up of amino acids.

Fat Lipids, fatty or oily substances that don’t dissolve in water, energy giving nutrients.

Carbohydrates Sugars, starch, simple and complex carbohydrates.

Fat soluble vitamins Dissolve in fat.

Water soluble vitamins Dissolve in water, not stored in body very well. Vitamin C and B-complex

Nutrition The science or study of food and the ways in which the body uses food.

Anorexia Eating disorder that involved self starvation, a distorted body image, and low body weight.

Bulimia Eating disorder in which an individual eats large amounts of food and then vomits to rid the body of the food.

Minerals Class of nutrients that are chemical elements that are needed for certain processes such as enzyme activity and bone formation.

Daily values Recommended daily amounts of a nutrient that are used on food labels to help people see how a food fits into their diet.

Recommended daily allowances Recommended nutrient intakes that will meet the needs of almost all healthy people.

Soluble fiber Dissolve in water, they hold water in your intestines, help prevent heart disease.

Vocab. KEY Aerobic – With oxygen. Anaerobic – Without oxygen. Anorexia - Eating disorder that involved self starvation, a distorted body image and low body weight. Bulimia – Eating disorder in which an individual eats large amounts of food and then vomits to rid the body of the food. Calories – Unit to measure energy from food. Carbohydrates – Sugars, starch, simple and complex carbohydrates. Daily values - Recommended daily amounts of a nutrient that are used on food labels to help people see how a food fits into their diet. Endurance – The ability of the muscle to keep working over a period of time. Fat – Lipids, fatty or oily substances that don’t dissolve in water, energy giving nutrients.

Vocab KEY Contin. Fat soluble vitamins – Dissolve in fat. Fiber – Type of complex carbohydrate that cannot be digested. Flexibility - Ability of a body part to move through a full range of motion. Isokinetic – Strengthening with continuous speed but with variable resistance, usually a machine. Isotonic - Strengthening through a full range of motion. Isometric - Strengthening/contracting a muscle with NO movement. (planks). Metabolic – Rate at which your body converts food energy knot the energy that keeps you alive. Minerals – Class of nutrients that are chemical elements that are needed for certain processes such as enzyme activity and bone formation. Nutrition – The science or study of food and the ways in which the body uses food.

Vocab. KEY Contin. Physical fitness – The ability of the body to carry out daily physical activities without getting out of breath or tired. Protein – Help build new cells and repair existing ones, made up of amino acids. Recommended daily allowances – Recommended nutrient intakes that will meet the needs of almost all healthy people. Saturated fat – Made of saturated fatty acids, solid at room temperature and come in animal foods. Soluble fiber - Dissolve in water, they hold water in your intestines, help prevent heart disease. Unsaturated fat – Fats that are made up of unsaturated fatty acids, found in plants are liquid at room temperature. Vitamins – Class of nutrients that contain carbon and are needed in small amounts to maintain health and allow growth. Water soluble vitamins – Dissolve in water, they hold water in your intestines, help prevent heart disease.