High School Nutrition [2026]
High School Nutrition
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1. Nutrition The science of food and the ways in which the body uses the foods you eat
2. Nutrients Substances in the food that provide energy and help form body tissues. Necessary
for growth and life
3. Carbohydrates Class of energy giving nutrients that include starches, fibers and sugars. Main
source of energy. 4 Calories per gram.
4. Glucose Simple sugar that circulates in the blood. The most important sugar in the body
because it provides energy to the body's cells. Your body changes carbohydrates
into (vocab word).
5. Glycogen Complex carbohydrate made in the body, stored in the liver and muscle of humans.
Extra Glucose is stored as (vocab word). When body needs glucose, it will change
(vocab word) back into glucose.
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6. Fiber helps food move through the body, also helps the body get rid of waste. Can
prevent some kinds of cancer. Found mostly in whole wheat bran, fruits, and
vegetables.
7. Fats Class of energy giving nutrients that are also the main form of energy storage in
the body. 9 calories per gram
8. Protein Class of nutrients made up of amino acids. They are needed to build and repair
body structures, and to regulate processes in the body while growing. 4 calories
per gram
9. Amino Acids Molecules/nutrients that are the building blocks of proteins; essential amino acids
are those that cannot be made by the body and must be obtained from food;
nonessential amino acids can be made by the body.
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High School Nutrition
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_1y4zn0
1. Nutrition The science of food and the ways in which the body uses the foods you eat
2. Nutrients Substances in the food that provide energy and help form body tissues. Necessary
for growth and life
3. Carbohydrates Class of energy giving nutrients that include starches, fibers and sugars. Main
source of energy. 4 Calories per gram.
4. Glucose Simple sugar that circulates in the blood. The most important sugar in the body
because it provides energy to the body's cells. Your body changes carbohydrates
into (vocab word).
5. Glycogen Complex carbohydrate made in the body, stored in the liver and muscle of humans.
Extra Glucose is stored as (vocab word). When body needs glucose, it will change
(vocab word) back into glucose.
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, High School Nutrition [2026]
High School Nutrition
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_1y4zn0
6. Fiber helps food move through the body, also helps the body get rid of waste. Can
prevent some kinds of cancer. Found mostly in whole wheat bran, fruits, and
vegetables.
7. Fats Class of energy giving nutrients that are also the main form of energy storage in
the body. 9 calories per gram
8. Protein Class of nutrients made up of amino acids. They are needed to build and repair
body structures, and to regulate processes in the body while growing. 4 calories
per gram
9. Amino Acids Molecules/nutrients that are the building blocks of proteins; essential amino acids
are those that cannot be made by the body and must be obtained from food;
nonessential amino acids can be made by the body.
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