Chapter 1: Food Choices and Health : Chapter 1: Food Choices and Health
What is this chapter about?? : What is this chapter about?? Why care about nutrition?
What are the nutrients in foods and what roles do they play in the body?
What constitutes a nutritious diet?
Introduction : The science of how food nourishes the body. Introduction
A Lifetime of Nourishment : A Lifetime of Nourishment The nutrients in food support growth, maintenance, and repair of the body.
Deficiencies, excesses, and imbalances of nutrients bring on the diseases of malnutrition. When you choose foods with nutrition in mind, you can enhance your own well being
The Diet and Health Connection : The Diet and Health Connection Nutrition profoundly affects health.
Chronic diseases have a connection to a poor diet.
Which of these diseases are chronic?
The Diet and Health Connection : Chronic diseases include:
Heart disease
Diabetes
Some cancers
Dental disease
Adult bone loss The Diet and Health Connection
The Diet and Health Connection : Chronic diseases
Cannot be prevented by a good diet alone
To some extent determined by genetics, activities, and lifestyle The Diet and Health Connection The Diet and Health Connection
Genetics and Individuality : Genetics and Individuality Choice of diet influences long-term health within the range set by genetic inheritance.
Nutrition has little influence on some diseases but strongly affects others.
Other Lifestyle Choices : Only two common lifestyle habits have a stronger influence on long-term health than dietary choices. Can you guess which?
Smoking & other tobacco use
Excessive alcohol consumption 0 Other Lifestyle Choices
Other Lifestyle Choices : Other Lifestyle Choices Tobacco use and alcohol and other substances can destroy health.
Staying active, getting enough sleep, and stress can all affect health.
Healthy People 2010 : Healthy People 2010 This document includes two broad goals and 467 specific, measurable targets or objectives to be achieved by the year 2010.
Goal 1 is to increase quality and years of healthy life.
Goal 2 is to eliminate health disparities.
Slide12 : Goal 1: reflects the change in demographics to an increasingly older population
Goal 2: reflects increasing diversity of the American population. Gender, race, ethnicity, income, education, rural/urban, disability, sexual orientation - all affect access to health care
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Healthy People 2010: Nutrition Objectives for the Nation : Healthy People 2010: Nutrition Objectives for the Nation U.S. Department of Health and Human Services sets nutrition objectives for the nation each decade http://www.healthypeople.gov/
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The Human Body and Its Food : Nutrients - Components of food required for the body’s functioning.
Roles:
Provide energy
Building material
Maintenance and repair
Support growth 0 The Human Body and Its Food
The Human Body and Its Food : The Human Body and Its Food
The Human Body and Its Food : The Human Body and Its Food
Meet the Nutrients : Essential nutrients – must be obtained in the diet because the body does not make them
Found in all 6 classes 0 Meet the Nutrients
Meet the Nutrients : Meet the Nutrients
Slide22 : Food is better than supplements
The digestive system can break down and absorb nutrients most efficiently from whole foods
Eating provides physical, psychological, and social comfort for people as well When you eat foods, you are receiving more than nutrients Can I Live On Just Supplements?
Slide23 : Some foods offer beneficial non-nutrients called phyto-chemicals.
Confer taste, color, and possible health benefits. Can I Live On Just Supplements? Some foods offer beneficial nonnutrients
The Challenge of Choosing Foods : The Challenge of Choosing Foods Foods come in a bewildering variety in the marketplace, but the foods that form the basis of a nutritious diet are basic foods.
The Abundance of Foods to Choose From : All foods once looked like this... The Abundance of Foods to Choose From
The Challenge of Choosing Foods : ...but now many foods look like this. The Challenge of Choosing Foods
How, Exactly, Can I Recognize a Nutritious Diet? : How, Exactly, Can I Recognize a Nutritious Diet? All of these factors help to build a nutritious diet.
Elements of a Healthy Diet - ABCMV : Elements of a Healthy Diet - ABCMV Adequacy - get enough of essential nutrients.
Balance - contains a good proportion of nutrients. No overemphasis of a food group.
Calorie control - choose foods to maintain ideal body weight.
Moderation - eat any food in reasonable-size portions.
Variety - eat different types of food to prevent boredom.
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Slide30 : Eating is an intentional act.
People choose:
What to eat
Where to eat
Who to eat with
How to prepare it Why People Choose Foods
Factors That Drive Food Choices : Advertising
Availability
Economy
Emotional comfort
Habit
Personal preference Positive associations
Region of the country
Social pressure
Values or beliefs
Weight
Nutritional value Factors That Drive Food Choices
Food Feature : Food Feature How can I get enough nutrients without consuming too many calories?
Nutrient Density – a measure of nutrients per calorie.
Food Feature : 0 Food Feature
Slide34 : Which food is the most nutrient dense?
Oreo cookie
Chicken soup
Milk shake
Skim milk Answer: d Food Feature
Controversy: Sorting the Impostors from the Real Nutrition Experts : Controversy: Sorting the Impostors from the Real Nutrition Experts Who speaks on nutrition?
Slide36 : Refereed journals: Review journals examine all available evidence on major topics; research journals report details of the methods, results and conclusions of recently completed experiments. Consumer Corner: Reading Nutrition News with an Educated Eye
Can I Trust the Media to Deliver Nutrition News? : Can I Trust the Media to Deliver Nutrition News? Read nutrition information with an educated eye
Consider the source of the information
Is it from a reputable journal? A magazine? An Internet chat room? A talk show? Your mother???
Controversy: Sorting the Impostors from the Real Nutrition Experts : Controversy: Sorting the Impostors from the Real Nutrition Experts
Identifying Valid Nutrition Information : Identifying Valid Nutrition Information
Nutrition on the Net : Nutrition on the Net
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Nutrition on the Net : Nutrition on the Net PUBMED (www.pubmed.org) Internet resource