Nutrition To Professional Practice: Personal Reflection
Introduction to Professional Practice
Personal Reflection on Readings
My personal reflection
The definition of nutrition has been changing with in past years. Many people might think that nutrition is only what is being eaten in human life and others would think of it as human health. Although the meaning is not only what is being eat or the health, nutrition is actually described as "biological, social and environmental dimensions together"(p.697,Beauman, C, 2005, September). Myself, I always thought of it as what I eat and did not consider it as part of my health until I entered university and start studying the definition of health. At some points in life my point of view changed, and this in turn changed my habits. It is important whether these changes are positive or negative. Generally, in society, eating habits have been changing in a …show more content…
negative way in my opinion, and that is due to fast foods and people not giving any attention to what and where they are eating. Comparing Iran 's eating habits from before and our older generations I can clearly see that my grandparents had a healthier life.
This is the case even though now foods are more complex and have more nutrients in them. Also, trajectories (p.116, Wethington, May 1, 2005, p.#?) are an important aspect as well, as people’s interest in tobacco and smoking has increased from before and that harms human’s life the most (p.115 Wethington, Elaine, May/Jun 2005). For me, one of the most important turning points of my life that had an influence on my health and nutrition was moving from Iran to Canada and realizing that people are more interested in fast foods and having their lifetime mostly outside of home due to universities, workplaces and a general lack of time. However, after some time and realizing this is not what I want for my own life I tried to change my habits to what it was before and attempted to care more for my health and growth as much as my time and studies, because that is what I want for a better
life.
Nutrition is also cultural as well as social, biological and environmental, As we can see right now in the twenty-first century nutrition comes with health and growth. (p.353, Lisa Schubert, February 2012) I think some families might be not wealthy enough that they could provide healthy nutrients for themselves, and other families might have better access to their needs. Most people from the past, or even now due to bad environments and locations or because of their poor countries and families, can’t provide healthy food and nutrients, in that case the people in the society mostly women and kids get sick easily. For myself, when I moved here I saw that buying organic food is much more expensive than the foods that have additives in them but comparing it to my country even though we don’t have anything called “Food Guide” but mostly every fruit and vegetable is organic and the price in even lower than the foods that have additives in them. For myself I feel like studying nutrition has already helped me with my health and nutrition, I am improving my diet and exercise and also trying to contrast it with what I am studying in the right ways.
Overall everything effects on peoples health and nutrition, and from my point of view, if people know the correct meaning of health definition they can have a better diet and nutrition, by just following their food Guide and paying more attention to themselves.
References
1-Beauman, C., Cannon, G., Elmadfa, I., Glasauer, P., Hoffmann, I., Keller, M et al. (2005, september ).The giessen declaration. Retrieved from http://journals.cambridge.org.ezproxy.lib.ryerson.ca/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=583008.
2- Lisa Schubert, Danielle Gallegos, Wendy Foley and Claire Harrison (2012). Re-imagining the ‘social’ in the nutrition sciences. Public Health Nutrition, 15, pp 352-359. doi:10.1017/S1368980011001297.
3.Devine, C. M. (2005). A Life Course Perspective: Understanding Food Choices in Time, Social Location, and History. Journal Of Nutrition Education & Behavior, 37(3), 121-128.
4.Wethington, E. (2005). An Overview of the Life Course Perspective: Implications for Health and Nutrition. Journal Of Nutrition Education & Behavior, 37(3), 115-120.
Personal Reflection on Readings
My personal reflection
The definition of nutrition has been changing with in past years. Many people might think that nutrition is only what is being eaten in human life and others would think of it as human health. Although the meaning is not only what is being eat or the health, nutrition is actually described as "biological, social and environmental dimensions together"(p.697,Beauman, C, 2005, September). Myself, I always thought of it as what I eat and did not consider it as part of my health until I entered university and start studying the definition of health. At some points in life my point of view changed, and this in turn changed my habits. It is important whether these changes are positive or negative. Generally, in society, eating habits have been changing in a …show more content…
negative way in my opinion, and that is due to fast foods and people not giving any attention to what and where they are eating. Comparing Iran 's eating habits from before and our older generations I can clearly see that my grandparents had a healthier life.
This is the case even though now foods are more complex and have more nutrients in them. Also, trajectories (p.116, Wethington, May 1, 2005, p.#?) are an important aspect as well, as people’s interest in tobacco and smoking has increased from before and that harms human’s life the most (p.115 Wethington, Elaine, May/Jun 2005). For me, one of the most important turning points of my life that had an influence on my health and nutrition was moving from Iran to Canada and realizing that people are more interested in fast foods and having their lifetime mostly outside of home due to universities, workplaces and a general lack of time. However, after some time and realizing this is not what I want for my own life I tried to change my habits to what it was before and attempted to care more for my health and growth as much as my time and studies, because that is what I want for a better
life.
Nutrition is also cultural as well as social, biological and environmental, As we can see right now in the twenty-first century nutrition comes with health and growth. (p.353, Lisa Schubert, February 2012) I think some families might be not wealthy enough that they could provide healthy nutrients for themselves, and other families might have better access to their needs. Most people from the past, or even now due to bad environments and locations or because of their poor countries and families, can’t provide healthy food and nutrients, in that case the people in the society mostly women and kids get sick easily. For myself, when I moved here I saw that buying organic food is much more expensive than the foods that have additives in them but comparing it to my country even though we don’t have anything called “Food Guide” but mostly every fruit and vegetable is organic and the price in even lower than the foods that have additives in them. For myself I feel like studying nutrition has already helped me with my health and nutrition, I am improving my diet and exercise and also trying to contrast it with what I am studying in the right ways.
Overall everything effects on peoples health and nutrition, and from my point of view, if people know the correct meaning of health definition they can have a better diet and nutrition, by just following their food Guide and paying more attention to themselves.
References
1-Beauman, C., Cannon, G., Elmadfa, I., Glasauer, P., Hoffmann, I., Keller, M et al. (2005, september ).The giessen declaration. Retrieved from http://journals.cambridge.org.ezproxy.lib.ryerson.ca/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=583008.
2- Lisa Schubert, Danielle Gallegos, Wendy Foley and Claire Harrison (2012). Re-imagining the ‘social’ in the nutrition sciences. Public Health Nutrition, 15, pp 352-359. doi:10.1017/S1368980011001297.
3.Devine, C. M. (2005). A Life Course Perspective: Understanding Food Choices in Time, Social Location, and History. Journal Of Nutrition Education & Behavior, 37(3), 121-128.
4.Wethington, E. (2005). An Overview of the Life Course Perspective: Implications for Health and Nutrition. Journal Of Nutrition Education & Behavior, 37(3), 115-120.