NUTR 2050 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Unit, Canada, Obesity
20 Nov 2018
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Individual requirements are never truly known, but recommended amounts for age, gender, and physiological stages are estimated based on research. Increased iron intake: decreased content in macrophages, decreased iron in rbc. Insufficient iron to muscle and iron-containing enzymes of most cells in the body. Iron toxicity: excess iron intake, saturation of transferrin and non-protein bound iron in circulation, parenchymal iron loading, excessive iron available in cells, organ damage. Canadian dietary advice: eat at least one dark green and one orange vegetable a day, have vegetables and fruit more often than fruit, make at least half your grain products whole grain each day. Inform consumers of making choices about the foods they purchase to consume. Social-ecological model for the determinants of food intake: used to understand the influences on our health behaviours. Intrapersonal factors: personal values, food dislikes, health status, family rules, religion and age.
