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I'm currently working with a book in which there're some examples of phrases. Here's one of them:
food high in fats and carbohydrates ( body has increased energy needs in cold weather)
I emphasized what's not clear. I was confused by the structure. body is a subject here (it recieves energy from food), and an object as well (body needs energy in cold weather). How is it possible?
subject: body
verb: has
direct object: increased energy needs
adverbial: in cold weather
We would normally expect a determiner (such as the definite or indefinite article) before body, since it is a singular count noun.
increased energy needsin cold weather.”