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1. **Nutrition**: The process of providing or obtaining the food necessary for health and growth.
2. **Macronutrients**: Nutrients required in large amounts that provide energy; mainly carbohydrates, proteins, and fats.
3. **Micronutrients**: Nutrients needed in smaller amounts, such as vitamins and minerals, that are essential for good health.
4. **Deficiency disease**: Health problems caused by a lack of essential nutrients in the diet.
5. **Essential nutrients**: Nutrients that the body cannot make on its own and must be obtained from food.
6. **Nonessential nutrients**: Nutrients that the body can produce itself and do not need to be obtained from food.
7. **Essential amino acids**: Amino acids that the body cannot synthesize and must be acquired through diet.
8. **Essential fatty acids**: Fatty acids that the body cannot produce on its own and must be obtained from food.