ESS 3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Sample Size Determination, Nutritional Genomics, Nutrition
13 Oct 2016
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Provide raw material for building tissue and regulating body activities. Almost every bodily actions require assistance from vitamins. But can be lost into cooking water, for example. Nutrition is the science that studies food and how food nourishes our body and in uences our health. Nutrition includes how we consume, digest, metabolize and store nutrients. Nutrition science studies the factors that in uence our eating patterns, make recommendations about what and how much we should eat. Nutrition science addresses issues related to food safety and global food supply. Double-blind experiments: observation and question, hypothesis and prediction, experiment, results and interpretations, conclusions (either hypothesis is supported or not supported) If supported- theory, if not- new observations and questions. Recommendations to meet needs of most healthy people. Set near the top end of the range of ear. Point where nutrient is likely to be toxic. Average dietary energy intake to maintain energy balance. Needs adjusting for medical problems, malnourishment, or other condition.
