Foods and Nutrition 1021 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Cohort Study, Medical Nutrition Therapy, Quackery

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The food you eat today becomes part of. You tomorrow so it is important to make healthy choices. Nutrition: the study of the nutrients and other biologically active compounds in foods and in the body; sometimes also the study of human behaviours related to food. Diet: the foods and beverages a person usually eats and drinks. Nutrients: components of food that is indispensable to the body"s functioning. They provide energy, serve as building material, help maintain or repair body parts and support growth. The nutrients include water, carbohydrates, proteins, fat, vitamins and minerals. If foods you eat provide too little or too much of any nutrient, it may cause severe disease effects farther down in your life. Malnutrition: any condition caused by excess or deficient food energy or nutrient intake or by an imbalance of nutrients. Nutrient or energy deficiencies are classed as forms of undernutrition; nutrient or energy excesses are classed as forms as over nutrition.

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