Nutrition 6/2 Flashcards

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Benefits

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Anything that promotes or enhances well-being

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Accountant

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One who keeps, audits, and inspects the financial records of individuals or businesses

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Longevity

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Along duration of life; lasting a long time

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Net

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Remaining after all deductions have been made; to clear as profit

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Productivity

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The amount of work accomplished in a period of time

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Profit sharing

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System by which employees receive a share of the profits of a business enterprise

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Exemption

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Not liable for something to which others are subject

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Vested

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Settled; complete; absolute; continuous

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Anorexia nervosa

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Loss of appetite; with anorexia nervosa, loss of appetite for food not explainable by disease

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Anorexic

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One suffering from anorexia

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Infirmity

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Illness; disease

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Non-rapid eye movement

NREM

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A stage of sleep in which the sleeper does not experience rapid eye movement

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Calorie

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A unit for measuring the heat value of food

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Deprivation

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To be deprived; without

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Malnutrition

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Lack of necessary or proper food substances in the body

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Purge

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To empty; to cleanse of impurity; clear

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Rapid eye movement

REM

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A stage of sleep in which the sleeper experiences rapid eye movement

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Rickets

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Disease of the bones primarily due to the deficiency of vitamin D

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Account history

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Past financial records

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Idle

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Uninvolved; doing nothing

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Gross

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Exclusive of deductions; total; entire

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Bereavement time

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Time that an employee can take off when a family member or very close friend dies

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Complimentary

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Express appreciation; given without charge

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Deductions

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To deduct or subtract; remove, take away

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Disability

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A legal incapacity

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Salary

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Fixed amount of wages paid to an employee on a regular basis for a prescribed period of time

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Fringe benefits

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Benefits included in or added to the salary paid, such as health insurance, retirement fund

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Dietician

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One who is trained in dietics and nutrition

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Emaciation

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To become abnormally thin; the loss of too much weight

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Beriberi

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A disease resulting from lack of vitamin B, thiamine

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Binge

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A spree; to overindulge, such as with alcohol or food

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Bulimia nervosa

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A condition characterized by alternating periods of overeating followed by forced vomiting and the use of laxatives to remove food from the body

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Nutrition

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Refers to edible material, food, things that nourish

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Protein

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A nutrient found in foods such as eggs, meat, fish, legumes, and soy products that provides energy to the body

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Scurvy

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A disease caused by lack from fresh fruits, vegetables, and vitamin C in the diet

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Sleep apnea

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Brief episode of cessation of breathing during sleep

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Tactile

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Relating to the sense of touch

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Carbohydrate

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An organic combination of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen as a sugar, a starch or cellulose

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Alpha search

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Look by alphabetical order

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Skip

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A person who owes money but cannot be located