Key Terms

Question 1

Source

Answer 1

The food a nutrient is found in

Question 2

Function

Answer 2

The job a nutrient has in a body

Question 3

Diet

Answer 3

The food we eat on a day to day basis

Question 4

Nutrient

Answer 4

A substance found in food that has a specific function in the body

Question 5

Deficiency

Answer 5

Not getting enough of a nutrient

Question 6

Excess

Answer 6

Getting too much if a nutrient

Question 7

Food

Answer 7

Anything we eat or drink

Question 8

Nutrition

Answer 8

The study of food and its effects on the body

Question 9

GP

Answer 9

The disperse person to contact with health concerns. They listen to the description of the symptoms and carry out tests, diagnoses,illness and disease , prescribes suitable treatments and refers patients to a specialist for help.

Question 10

Dietician

Answer 10

They give advice to individuals and groups about their diets. Advises caterers in hospitals and nursing homes about menus and carries out research between foods and their effects in the body.

Question 11

Specialist nurse

Answer 11

Someone who usually works alsongside doctors in a hospital or health centre to monitor and advise individual patients. They have detailed training to be able to support patients with specific diet related conditions such as diabetes and high blood pressure