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| Excess body fat to a degree that lessens health |
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| Body Mass Index (25 = overweight, 30 = obese) BMI = weight(lbs)/[height(in)]^2 * 703 |
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| class of diseases involving the heart and blood vessels |
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| Disease involving high blood glucose due to low insulin or insulin resistance |
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| Broad class of diseases involving irregular cell growth |
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| Burning sensation in the chest or upper abdomen |
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| psychological term to reflect a person's overall evaluation or appraisal of his or her own worth. |
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| A buffet-style table or counter at a restaurant or food market on which salad components are provided for customers to assemble their own salad plates |
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| (sometimes called roughage or ruffage) is the indigestible portion of plant foods that produce helpful substances through fermentation and aid food movement through the digestive system |
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| National School Lunch Program (NSLP) |
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| A program offered through the US Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service to provide low-cost or free school lunch meals to qualified students through subsidies to schools. |
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| Grain that includes the seed germ and outer bran coating (if these are removed, it is called refined grain). Whole grain is healthier to eat than refined grain. |
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| Junk food is an informal term for food that is of little nutritional value and often high in fat, sugar, and calories. |
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| Substances found in plants and animals that contain glycerol and organic acids containing carbon. They have high energy (calorie) content. |
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| A measure of the energy that is made available to an organism by its food. 1 dietary calorie supplies enough energy to raise the temperature of 1 liter of water by 1 degree Celsius. |
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| The rapid increase of obesity found in the developed world and especially the United States (highest obesity rate) |
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