HDFS201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Calorie Restriction, Red Wine, B Vitamins
4 Apr 2016
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Prevention administered through immunizations and safety precautions. Critical juncture in the adoption of behaviors relevant to health. Social contexts influence adolescent health: emerging/young adulthood. Few chronic health problems, fewer colds and respiratory problems than kids. Peak of performance disguises the abuse done to their bodies: aging. Chronic disorders characterized by slow onset and long duration. Rare in early adulthood, increase middle adulthood, common late adulthood. Cancer is leading cause of death in middle-aged adults. Quality of nursing homes and extended care facilities varies. Home health care, elder-care centers, preventative medicine clinics are good alternatives. Nutrient needs depend on activity, reserves, body composition and growth rates: childhood. Poor nutrition due to unhealthy eating habits and overweight is a threat. Malnutrition and starvation is a major threat: adolescence. Proper nutrition and overweight is a problem. Teenagers in us eat more junk food than in other countries.
