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basic concepts
Health: The merging and balancing of five
physical and psychological dimensions of
health: physical, mental, emotional, social,
and spiritual.
Nutrition: The study of essential nutrients
and the process by which nutrients are used
and quality of nutrients
Nutrients: Substances in food required by
the body for energy, growth, maintenance
and repair.
Role of nutrition:
Physical health of the body .depends on the
quantity and quality of nutrients,
Intellectual health relies on a well functioning brain
and central nervous system, (iron deficiency
. anemia affects intellectual health),
Emotional health may be influenced by poor eating
habits (hypoglycemia),
Social health often centers around food-related
occasions, and
Spiritual health often has ties to food.
Health promotion: increases the level of
health of individuals, families, groups, and
communities.
Role of nutrition:
Healthy people 2010, defines some
objective nutrition as decreasing daily fat
intake, and less total caloric intake.
Wellness: is a lifestyle that enhance each
of the five dimensions of health. Wellness
nutrition approaches food consumption as
a positive way to nourish the body.
Consuming a diet based on lower
fat/higher fiber and moderate caloric
consumption is essential to convey
competency to care for ourselves
Disease prevention:
Is the recognition of a danger to health
that could be reduced or alleviated
through specific actions or changes in life
style behaviors.
There are three levels of prevention,
Primary: activities to avert the initial
development of a disease or poor health,
low fat and high fiber diet is important;
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