nutrition for health chapter 10. why nutrition matters? the food you eat affects your health and...
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Why nutrition matters?
The food you eat affects your health and quality of life.
Unwanted Conditions:
Cardiovascular Disease
Stroke
Cancer
Osteoporosis
Nutrients (Vocab)
Substances in food that your body needs to grow, repair itself, and to supply you with energy.
Examples: Fats, Carbohydrates, Protein, Vitamins and Minerals.
Calorie (Vocab)
A unit of heat used to measure the energy that your body uses and the energy it receives from food.
What influences your food choices?
Emotions
Stress, boredom, frustrated, etc.
Enviornment
Family/Culture
Friends
Time/Money
Advertising