Nutrition School to Home LESSON 1 1.

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School to Home
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LESSON 1
Nutrition
Directions: Use your textbook to answer each question or respond to each statement.
1. Hunger is your body’s way of telling you it needs food.
Why do you need to eat food?
2. Each nutrient has a function in the body.
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What are the six groups of nutrients? Explain the function of two of them in the body.
3. Nearly all packaged foods you buy in a grocery store must have a food label.
What information does a food label give you, and why is it important?
Digestion and Excretion
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