HWS 332 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Dietitian, Health Professional, Exaggeration
21 Feb 2017
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Food, taste, smell color, texture and temperature. Scientific knowledge about nutrition is more consistent. Registered dietitian: a health professional who is a food and nutrition expert, rd"s obtain a college degree in nutrition from an academy of nutrition and dietetics accredited program. No such thing as good or bad food. Consistency is key: no need to omit foods, all foods can fit. Adequacy, balance, variety and moderation need to know!!!!!! Adequacy: diet provides all the essential nutrients, fiber and energy. Inadequacy leads to under nutrition then leads to malnutrition. Balance: diet provides the correct proportion of nutrients and food groups, over nutrition leads to over weight then obesity. Variety: diet contains a mixture of different food groups and foods within each group. Moderation: diet provides reasonable but not excessive amounts or foods and nutrients, be aware of portion size and number of servings you need. Portion- the amount of food eaten in one sitting.
