HUMNNTR 2210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Cardiovascular Disease, Blood Sugar, Food Energy
31 Aug 2016
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Hunger the primarily physiological drive to find and eat food, mostly regulated by internal cues to eating. Appetite the primarily psychological influences that encourage us to find & eat food, often in the absence of obvious hunger. Satiety state in which there is no longer a desire to eat; a feeling of satisfaction. Nutrition science that links food to health and disease; includes ingestion, digestion, absorption, transport, and excretion of nutrients. Nutrients - chemical substances in food that contribute to health. Omission leads to decline in biological function. Cancer condition characterized by uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells. Cholesterol waxy lipid found in all body cells; it has a structure containing multiple chemical rings; is found only in foods of animal origin. Chronic when referring to disease, this term indicates that the disease process, once developed, is slow and lasting. Diabetes a group of diseases characterized by high blood glucose.
