[NTDT200] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (46 pages long!)
1 Dec 2016
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Nutrition has always played a significant role in life. The science of the nutrients in foods and their actions within the body. You select foods that influence your body"s health~either harming or healing. Careless food choices can lead to chronic diseases. Heart disease, stroke, cancer, type 2 diabetes, obesity, and arthritis. People also select food because it bring pleasures, traditions, and associations as well as nourishment. Diet: the foods and beverages a person eats and drinks. Does not mean a restrictive food plan designed for weight loss. The number one reason most people choose certain foods is taste. Sweetness of sugar or savoriness of salt. High-fat foods also seem to be a preference. Prefer to eat foods you grew up eating. Ex: philly cheesesteaks, new england clam chowder. Ethnic foods provide an opportunity to celebrate a person"s heritage. Quick and easy to prepare, accessible, etc. Consumers who value convenience will frequently eat out or get delivery.
