Nutrition 6/2 Flashcards
Benefits
Anything that promotes or enhances well-being
Accountant
One who keeps, audits, and inspects the financial records of individuals or businesses
Longevity
Along duration of life; lasting a long time
Net
Remaining after all deductions have been made; to clear as profit
Productivity
The amount of work accomplished in a period of time
Profit sharing
System by which employees receive a share of the profits of a business enterprise
Exemption
Not liable for something to which others are subject
Vested
Settled; complete; absolute; continuous
Anorexia nervosa
Loss of appetite; with anorexia nervosa, loss of appetite for food not explainable by disease
Anorexic
One suffering from anorexia
Infirmity
Illness; disease
Non-rapid eye movement
NREM
A stage of sleep in which the sleeper does not experience rapid eye movement
Calorie
A unit for measuring the heat value of food
Deprivation
To be deprived; without
Malnutrition
Lack of necessary or proper food substances in the body
Purge
To empty; to cleanse of impurity; clear
Rapid eye movement
REM
A stage of sleep in which the sleeper experiences rapid eye movement
Rickets
Disease of the bones primarily due to the deficiency of vitamin D
Account history
Past financial records
Idle
Uninvolved; doing nothing
Gross
Exclusive of deductions; total; entire
Bereavement time
Time that an employee can take off when a family member or very close friend dies
Complimentary
Express appreciation; given without charge
Deductions
To deduct or subtract; remove, take away
Disability
A legal incapacity
Salary
Fixed amount of wages paid to an employee on a regular basis for a prescribed period of time
Fringe benefits
Benefits included in or added to the salary paid, such as health insurance, retirement fund
Dietician
One who is trained in dietics and nutrition
Emaciation
To become abnormally thin; the loss of too much weight
Beriberi
A disease resulting from lack of vitamin B, thiamine
Binge
A spree; to overindulge, such as with alcohol or food
Bulimia nervosa
A condition characterized by alternating periods of overeating followed by forced vomiting and the use of laxatives to remove food from the body
Nutrition
Refers to edible material, food, things that nourish
Protein
A nutrient found in foods such as eggs, meat, fish, legumes, and soy products that provides energy to the body
Scurvy
A disease caused by lack from fresh fruits, vegetables, and vitamin C in the diet
Sleep apnea
Brief episode of cessation of breathing during sleep
Tactile
Relating to the sense of touch
Carbohydrate
An organic combination of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen as a sugar, a starch or cellulose
Alpha search
Look by alphabetical order
Skip
A person who owes money but cannot be located
