Sci 220 Week 1
Nutrition and Health Worksheet
1. What is nutrition? Why is nutrition essential to our daily lives? | Nutrition is defined “as the science that links foods to health and disease. “ Nutrition is also called nourishment that provides food for support of life. Nutrition involves the process of humans ingesting, digesting, absorbing, and excreting food substances.Food provides energy in the form of calories needed to maintain all body cells. Nutrients are the substances obtained from food that are an important factor to promote growth & maintain a healthy body through an individuals’ life. |
2. What is the connection between nutrition and health? | Nutrition is an important lifestyle factor that promotes growth and maintains a healthy body throughout an individual’s life. If an individual lives a sedentary life style and maintains a poor diet he/she will become at risk for developing life threatening diseases varying in different conditions from chronic and acute. Examples of such diseases included but not limited to be heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, and cancer. Life threatening diseases mentioned above and other disorders will & may contribute too many deaths Risk factors such as hereditary, life style choices or poor nutritional habits also contribute to life threatening diseases. |
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 include: Carbohydrate—composed of hydrogen, carbon, & oxygen provide a major source of calories for the bodyLipids (fats & oils)—made up of carbon & hydrogen- used for main energy storage in the bodyProteins- made up of oxygen, hydrogen & carbon-nitrogen- makes up structure of body- muscles, bones, cells, blood, body cells, enzymes, and immune factors.Vitamins—can be made up of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorus- allow for chemical reactions in
1. What is nutrition? Why is nutrition essential to our daily lives? | Nutrition is defined “as the science that links foods to health and disease. “ Nutrition is also called nourishment that provides food for support of life. Nutrition involves the process of humans ingesting, digesting, absorbing, and excreting food substances.Food provides energy in the form of calories needed to maintain all body cells. Nutrients are the substances obtained from food that are an important factor to promote growth & maintain a healthy body through an individuals’ life. |
2. What is the connection between nutrition and health? | Nutrition is an important lifestyle factor that promotes growth and maintains a healthy body throughout an individual’s life. If an individual lives a sedentary life style and maintains a poor diet he/she will become at risk for developing life threatening diseases varying in different conditions from chronic and acute. Examples of such diseases included but not limited to be heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, and cancer. Life threatening diseases mentioned above and other disorders will & may contribute too many deaths Risk factors such as hereditary, life style choices or poor nutritional habits also contribute to life threatening diseases. |
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 include: Carbohydrate—composed of hydrogen, carbon, & oxygen provide a major source of calories for the bodyLipids (fats & oils)—made up of carbon & hydrogen- used for main energy storage in the bodyProteins- made up of oxygen, hydrogen & carbon-nitrogen- makes up structure of body- muscles, bones, cells, blood, body cells, enzymes, and immune factors.Vitamins—can be made up of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorus- allow for chemical reactions in