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12 A Healthy Body

12.1  How Do We Keep Our Bodies Healthy?

12.2 Food Substances

12.3 A Balanced Diet

12.4 Natural Food and Processed Food

12.5 Digestion and Absorption of Food

12.6 The Fate of the Digested Food

12.7 Our Circulatory System

12.8 Fatty Foods in Our Diet and Their Effects on

 Our Health

12.9 Exercise and Health

12.10 Need for Rest

Summary

  Glossary

  Key Points

Test yourself

Index