Health and Nutrition Worksheet
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Health and Nutrition Worksheet
Use Ch. 1, 2, & 3 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?
For me nutrition would be eating the right types of food in order to maintain your body healthy. Nutrition is very essential to our daily lives because without proper nutrition our bodies would be fully functional. Either you would be tired or weak everyday no matter how much sleep you get or how long you're at the gym for, again without the proper nutrition’s your body wouldn’t be fully functional.
2. What is the connection between nutrition and health?
The connection between nutrition and health is that no matter what you do, everything starts with a foundation. In a house the “basement” would be the foundation, the part that’s holding the house up. But with our health, proper nutrition would be our foundation to a healthy lifestyle.
3. What is the relationship between poor nutrition and disease?
The relationship between poor nutrition and disease is that with poor nutrition you are going to be more prone to catching a disease because your body is going to be weak and isn’t going to stand a chance against a virus.
4. What does it mean to eat a balanced diet? Why is food choice important for good nutrition?
For me a balanced diet would be eating the right types and amounts of foods and drinks to help your body get the right amount of nutrition it needs, this means that if your body needs just 1 cup of wheat and 2 cups of fruits then that’s what you’re getting, not more or not less. Food choice is important for good nutrition because if you don’t get the right food that will satisfy your “pyramid” then you’re going to have too much of one thing and not enough of the other which will lead to
Health and Nutrition Worksheet
Use Ch. 1, 2, & 3 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?
For me nutrition would be eating the right types of food in order to maintain your body healthy. Nutrition is very essential to our daily lives because without proper nutrition our bodies would be fully functional. Either you would be tired or weak everyday no matter how much sleep you get or how long you're at the gym for, again without the proper nutrition’s your body wouldn’t be fully functional.
2. What is the connection between nutrition and health?
The connection between nutrition and health is that no matter what you do, everything starts with a foundation. In a house the “basement” would be the foundation, the part that’s holding the house up. But with our health, proper nutrition would be our foundation to a healthy lifestyle.
3. What is the relationship between poor nutrition and disease?
The relationship between poor nutrition and disease is that with poor nutrition you are going to be more prone to catching a disease because your body is going to be weak and isn’t going to stand a chance against a virus.
4. What does it mean to eat a balanced diet? Why is food choice important for good nutrition?
For me a balanced diet would be eating the right types and amounts of foods and drinks to help your body get the right amount of nutrition it needs, this means that if your body needs just 1 cup of wheat and 2 cups of fruits then that’s what you’re getting, not more or not less. Food choice is important for good nutrition because if you don’t get the right food that will satisfy your “pyramid” then you’re going to have too much of one thing and not enough of the other which will lead to