HLTH 220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Nutrient Density, Calorie, Myplate

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Hlth 220 - lecture 3 - tools for nutritious diet. A nutritious diet contains adequate nutrients to maintain health and prevent malnutrition and disease. A balanced diet include an appropriate proportion of foods and nutrients to maintain health and prevent disease. Malnutrition: long-term consequence of consuming too many or too little nutrients and energy. No food or food group contains every single nutrient required for health. Eating a variety of foods improves diet quality. A nutritious diet includes a moderate intake of all foods. Moderation is the dietary principle of consuming reasonable but not excessive amounts of foods and nutrients. All foods can be included in a nutritious diet as long as they are consumed in moderation. Portion: quantity of a food eaten at one sitting. Nutrient density: measurement of the nutrients in a food compared to the kilocalorie content. Most nutrient-dense foods are high in nutrients and low kilocalories. Some nutrient-dense foods are high in kilocalories.

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