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? Process of providing or obtaining the food necessary for health and growth and it is important because we need to maintain our body healthy states
2. What is the connection between nutrition and health?
Nutrution is a risk factor for a wide range of diseases so you need a healthy and balanced diet to stay healthy
3. What is the relationship between poor nutrition and disease?
Poor nutrition causes diseases like osteoporosis , diabetes and obesity
4. What does it mean to eat a balanced diet? Why is food choice important for good nutrition?
Not only does it mean counting calories you eat per day to avoid weight gain but also supplying yourself with the nutrients your body needs
5. Why is physical activity important to a person’s health? What changes, if any, should you make to ensure you get enough physical activity?
Physical activity and nutrition work together for better health. Being active increases the amount of calories burned. As people age their metabolism slows, so maintaining energy balance requires moving more and eating less
6. What influences your food choices? Why?
Basically its my eyes I eat with them if it looks tasty I wanna try it
7. What is the difference between digesting protein and carbohydrates? Which would make you feel fuller longer? Why?
8. How does today’s society affect our nutritional habits?
This fast society has led everything to being so fast its all sodium filled fast foods
9. How are nutrients used to produce adenosine triphosphate (ATP)?
Formed from a series of chemical reactions, carbohydrates, proteins and fats can all be converted
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? Process of providing or obtaining the food necessary for health and growth and it is important because we need to maintain our body healthy states
2. What is the connection between nutrition and health?
Nutrution is a risk factor for a wide range of diseases so you need a healthy and balanced diet to stay healthy
3. What is the relationship between poor nutrition and disease?
Poor nutrition causes diseases like osteoporosis , diabetes and obesity
4. What does it mean to eat a balanced diet? Why is food choice important for good nutrition?
Not only does it mean counting calories you eat per day to avoid weight gain but also supplying yourself with the nutrients your body needs
5. Why is physical activity important to a person’s health? What changes, if any, should you make to ensure you get enough physical activity?
Physical activity and nutrition work together for better health. Being active increases the amount of calories burned. As people age their metabolism slows, so maintaining energy balance requires moving more and eating less
6. What influences your food choices? Why?
Basically its my eyes I eat with them if it looks tasty I wanna try it
7. What is the difference between digesting protein and carbohydrates? Which would make you feel fuller longer? Why?
8. How does today’s society affect our nutritional habits?
This fast society has led everything to being so fast its all sodium filled fast foods
9. How are nutrients used to produce adenosine triphosphate (ATP)?
Formed from a series of chemical reactions, carbohydrates, proteins and fats can all be converted