NUTR 207 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Dietary Reference Intake, Relative Risk, Nutrition Facts Label
23 Feb 2016
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Death causes (cancer, heart, cerebro (stroke), others) Women>35 not fit more likely to die in the next 8 yrs. Why meatless diet: physical health, philosophical concerns, ecological responsibility. Nutrition: study of food, nutrients and other subs within food. Their action, interaction, and balance in relation to health and disease. Processes by which the body ingests digests, absorbs, transports, utilizes sores and excretes nutrients: the study of the environment and of human behaviour as relevant. Composed of c, h, o: fibre, phytochemicals (naturally in plants) Regulate vital processes in the body: source of energy. **severe deficiency diseases: beriberi (thiamine, pellagra (niacin, scurvy (vit c, infectious and parasitic diseases, protein energy malnutrition, anemia (iron, xerophthalmia (vit. 1 or more variables within given pop. Establish associations + determine prevalence: rickets (vit. Chronic disease prevention: cancer, cardiovascular, diabetes. Human intervention/clinical trials: cornerstones of nutrition research. From research to population health: nutrition research studies. Published in peer reviewed journals: expert scientific evidence based review.
