HLTH355 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Andre De Grasse, Overnutrition, Pizza Pizza
17 Sep 2018
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Public health nutrition: prerequistes: 3a, can obtain credit for both hlth 355 and kin 346 as of 2016-2017. What is nutrition: study of how food nourished the body. What is public health nutrition: application of nutrition to improve the health of populations. Why study public health nutrition: current eating patterns, leading contributor to morbidity and mortality, major role in climate change, focus on unprecedented policy attention. Intense interest in (and attempts to simplify) food and nutrition drives: billion-dollar industries- fad diets, weight loo, supplements, etc, endless pseudoscience. Global burden of disease: diet is a leading factor, under-and over-nutrition. Image of food and agriculture in the 2030 agenda wheel. Cbc news business article a(cid:374)al(cid:455)sis of (cid:862)brillia(cid:374)t marketi(cid:374)g(cid:863): orga(cid:374)ic gatorade- the latest in health hype: organic gatorade contains a whooping 20 grams of sugar per bottle. Forbes food and agriculture article on coca-coca shuts down anti-obesity network but still teaches (cid:862)e(cid:374)erg(cid:455) bala(cid:374)ce(cid:863) i(cid:374) chools. Andre de grasse, canadian sprinter, sponsoring pizza pizza.
