HNSC 1210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Health Canada, Health Promotion, Quackery
6 Dec 2018
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The study of the nutrients in foods, how nutrients are used in the body, and human behaviours related to food (text p. 2) Diet: the foods and beverages a person usually eats and drinks n food (def"n): any substance that the body can take in and assimilate that will enable it to stay alive and healthy carrier of nutrients. The state of a human when it functions optimally without evidence of disease or abnormality. Optimal health for canadians can only be achieved when greater efforts are made in health promotion and prevention of illness, and when nutrition is an integral part of these efforts (health canada) Genetics and nutrition affect health conditions in varying ways (fig 1. 1) The science of how nutrients affect the activities of genes and how genes affect the activity of nutrients. Components in food that are indispensable (or essential) to the functioning of the body.
