HLSC 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Chronic Lung Disease, Liver Disease, Hyperkalemia
21 Jan 2016
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The science of foods and the substances they contain: how food nourishes our body, how food influences our health. Used by the body for maintenance, growth, and repair. Wellness wheel- balance between energy intake and energy released. Nutrition is one of several factors contributing to health. Nutrition can: prevent and reduce the risk of diseases. Diseases in which nutrition plays some role: osteoporosis, some forms of cancer, etc. Diseases with a strong nutritional component: type 2 diabetes, heart disease, high bp, obesity. Diseases caused by nutritional deficiencies or toxicities: scurvy, anemia, hyperkalemia (too much vitamin d) Primary deficiency caused by inadequate diet or secondary deficiency caused by problem inside the body: diet history. Physical (outward) signs and symptoms: physical examination and anthropometric measures. ** proactive approach, prevent problems that haven"t happened yet and avoid them. Top ten kills of canadians: cancer (31. 5%, heart disease, strokes, accidents, chronic lung disease, diabetes mellitus, alzheimer"s.
