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May 20, 2013

Prevention Glossary of Terms

The following are health and medical definitions of terms that appear in the Prevention article.

Anemia: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Arthritis: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Beriberi: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Blindness: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Blood glucose: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Blood pressure: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Calcium: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Carbohydrates: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Celiac disease: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Celiac sprue: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Cholesterol: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Chronic: See the definition from MedTerms.com

DASH diet: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Diabetes: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Diabetes mellitus: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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Essential: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Fats: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Folic acid: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Gallstones: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Glucose: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Gout: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Heart: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Heart disease: See the definition from MedTerms.com

High blood pressure: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Homocysteine: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Insulin: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Iron: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Lipid: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Liver: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Liver disease: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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Metabolism: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Muscle: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Nerve: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Nutrition: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Obesity: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Osteoporosis: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Pernicious anemia: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Protein: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Proteins: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Saturated fat: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Scurvy: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Sodium: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Therapeutic: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Thiamine: See the definition from MedTerms.com

USDA: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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Vitamin A: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Vitamin A deficiency: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Vitamin B12: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Vitamin B6: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Vitamin C: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Vitamin D: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Vitamins: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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