Nutrition
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Nutrition:
Imagine trying to fit a large, oddly-shaped piece of furniture through a narrow doorway into your living room. This challenge is similar to how nutrition works in our bodies, as our cells need food in a specific form they can use, much like the furniture needs to be disassembled or adjusted to fit through the doorway. Just as you might need to take apart the furniture into smaller pieces to fit it through the door, our digestive system breaks down food into nutrients small enough for cells to absorb and use.
Practice Version
Nutrition: Providing the cells of an organism with food, in a form they can use. Nutrition. Nutrition is how living things get the energy and nutrients needed for growth and maintenance.