HNSC 1210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Nutrition Facts Label, Threonine, Genomics

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Human Nutritional Sciences
• Course: HNSC 1210
• Professor: Kristin Hildahl-Shawn

Document Summary

Unit 1 notes (um learn) - food choices and human health: define the common terms in nutrition listed in the course notes. Health - 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) Nutrition - is the study of: the nutrients in foods; how nutrients are used in the body; and human behaviours related to food. Diet - the foods and beverages a person usually eats and drinks. The choice of your diet can greatly affect your long term health. Many chronic diseases (e. g. , diabetes, heart disease, some types of cancer, dental disease, adult bone loss, etc. ) have a connection to poor diet.