Nutrition and Health Worksheet
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Nutrition and Health Worksheet
Use Ch. 1 of Contemporary Nutrition, Ch. 2 of Visualizing Nutrition, supplemental course materials, the University Library, the Internet, or other resources to answer the following questions. Your response to each question should be 75 to 100 words.
1. What is nutrition? Why is nutrition essential to our daily lives?
“Nutrition is the science that links foods to health and disease. It includes the processes by which the human organism ingests, digests, absorbs, transports, and excretes food substances.” (UOP, 2011). Nutrition is a vital aspect to developing and maintaining good health. Nutrition is essential to our daily lives because it does affect an individual’s quality of life and how long that life is. Lazy lifestyles along with poor diets are risk factors that cause chronic diseases.
2. What is the connection between nutrition and health?
Nutrition and health are directly related. Proper nutrition is necessary in order to have good health. An individual’s health depends on the type of nutrition that individual chooses to consume. There are other factors, but one’s nutrition is extremely vital if not the most important. If an individual is not taking in the appropriate amount of nutrients the potential for health consequences increase. Too much of a specific nutrient can be harmful even if it is considered to be good for you. Too much is bad.
3. What are the six classes of nutrients? What are essential nutrients? What are the sources of nutrients? What do nutrients do?
The six classes of nutrients are carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, vitamins, minerals, and water. Essential nutrients are just that, nutrients that are essential for proper nutrition. Essential nutrients are energy-yielding nutrients, water, vitamins, and minerals. The sources of nutrients are anything that has nutrients within your diet. Though some are better sources than others.
Nutrition and Health Worksheet
Use Ch. 1 of Contemporary Nutrition, Ch. 2 of Visualizing Nutrition, supplemental course materials, the University Library, the Internet, or other resources to answer the following questions. Your response to each question should be 75 to 100 words.
1. What is nutrition? Why is nutrition essential to our daily lives?
“Nutrition is the science that links foods to health and disease. It includes the processes by which the human organism ingests, digests, absorbs, transports, and excretes food substances.” (UOP, 2011). Nutrition is a vital aspect to developing and maintaining good health. Nutrition is essential to our daily lives because it does affect an individual’s quality of life and how long that life is. Lazy lifestyles along with poor diets are risk factors that cause chronic diseases.
2. What is the connection between nutrition and health?
Nutrition and health are directly related. Proper nutrition is necessary in order to have good health. An individual’s health depends on the type of nutrition that individual chooses to consume. There are other factors, but one’s nutrition is extremely vital if not the most important. If an individual is not taking in the appropriate amount of nutrients the potential for health consequences increase. Too much of a specific nutrient can be harmful even if it is considered to be good for you. Too much is bad.
3. What are the six classes of nutrients? What are essential nutrients? What are the sources of nutrients? What do nutrients do?
The six classes of nutrients are carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, vitamins, minerals, and water. Essential nutrients are just that, nutrients that are essential for proper nutrition. Essential nutrients are energy-yielding nutrients, water, vitamins, and minerals. The sources of nutrients are anything that has nutrients within your diet. Though some are better sources than others.