NUTRITION QUESTIONS for June 2013 Archt. Jet Cortez UAP‚ RMP‚ RN‚ MAN(c) 1. ______ are nutrients a person must obtain from food because the body cannot make them for itself in sufficient quantities to meet physiological needs. When asked by a student nurse about the importance of Alcoholic Beverages to nutrition the nurse appropriately responds by saying that “Alcohol is not a nutrient because ” (C‚HE) a. the body derives no energy from it. b. it is organic. c. it is converted to body
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Nutrition in a Sports World Darric Duane Coleman Kaplan University Overview of the profession: Being an elite athlete‚ every day the body must be properly fueled in order to work the body at its full capacity and play at full potential. Apart from water and oxygen‚ the needs of the body must be met by the intake of foods. Our bodies need nutrients to remain fit and healthy‚ which are all found in a normal diet. Dietetics is a great field and there are so many different paths you can take
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I am writing to you in hopes I might persuade you to look more deeply into the importance of young and older people being homeless.I strongly believe These people did not choose to be homeless. Homeless Shelters and church owners try the best they can to provide for these people with not home old or young.The world is having Natural Disasters that cause plenty of innocent people alone and have nothing but the clothes on their backs‚ leaving them hopeless. I realize the united states are very busy
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Let’s start. • Nutrition is a study of the interactions occurring between you & food. • Nutrients – about 45 substances that provide energy‚ structure or regulation of body processes. • Essential nutrients- need them‚ but can’t make them or fast enough. • Macronutrients- need in large amounts (carbohydrates‚ fats/lipids‚ proteins – provide energy/calories) • Micronutrients – need in very small amounts (vitamins‚ minerals- no energy/calories) • Phytochemicals- another category in plant food-
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University of Phoenix Material Nutrition and Health Worksheet Use Ch. 1 of Contemporary Nutrition‚ Ch. 2 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. |What is nutrition? Why is nutrition essential to our daily lives? | |Nutrition is the necessary supplements provide
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Nutrition and Fitness Paper University of Phoenix Nutrition and Fitness play different roles in American’s lives. According to Healthy People 2010 54% of Americans are not regularly active‚ 15% are not active at all. Americans consume too many calories‚ often in the form of added sugars and fats‚ but too few vitamins and minerals‚ in part because the intake of fruits‚ vegetables‚ and milk products is relatively low. (Insel & Roth. 2008 p.367) There are
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look at the ten leading causes of illness and death in the United States‚ the top categories are heart disease‚ cancer‚ stroke‚ and diabetes. Diet influences the development of the chronic diseases. Taken together‚ these four diseases account for about two-thirds of the nation’s 2 million deaths each year. These causes are stated as if single conditions such as heart disease caused death‚ but most chronic diseases arise from multiple factors over many years. A person who died from heart failure
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Every year‚ billions of animals die because of animal testing‚ abuse and are forced to struggle for survival. Left in unsanitary conditions with no food or water‚ they have little hope as they live out their days without the compassion they deserve. Some are found and rescued‚ given the chance to experience how great life and humans can be; others aren’t so lucky. It really saddens me to know how cruel the world is and it seems like everything is getting worse as the days go by. Animals are creatures
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Chapter 1: What is Nutrition? What Drives Our Food Choices? We Need to Eat and Drink to Live Nutrients: compounds in foods that sustain your body processes. There are 6 classes of nutrients: carbs‚ fats (lipids)‚ proteins‚ vitamins‚ minerals and water 3 of 6 classes of nutrients: carbohydrates‚ fats‚ protein- provide energy in the form of kilocalories 2 of 6 classes of nutrients: vitamins and minerals‚ help regulate many body processes‚ including metabolism 1 of 6 class of nutrients- water
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disorders is also prominent during this time. Adolescents require extra nutrients due to a growth spurt‚ which girls experience during the ages of 10 or 11‚ reaches its peak at age 12 and is completed by about age 15. In boys‚ it begins at 12 or 13 years of age‚ peaks at age 14 and ends by about age 19. Adequate amounts of iron and calcium are important as the adolescent body undergoes the growth period. At the ages of 9 to 18 years‚ both males and females are encouraged to have a calcium rich
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