NUTR 2050 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Micronutrient Deficiency, Cirrhosis, Nutrigenomics
29 Jan 2017
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Objectives: define nutrition terms: malnutrition, nutritional risk, nutrigenomics and food security, identify the various components of the dietary reference intakes as nutrition standards, recognize the tools designed to help guide canadians food choices (i. e. , eating well with. Reports on findings, mainly in the canadian literature about actual food intakes of canadians. Determinants (or those factors influencing) of food intake illustrated by the social ecological model are the focus of discussion in this section: food security. Profiles the factors affecting access to food. Demographics can greatly affect the ability to purchase, transport groceries, or prepare meals: physical activity and sedentary behaviour. The active living component that complements the healthy eating information. Reports on levels of activity/sedentary behaviour of canadians and daily recommendations for various life stages will be found in this section: other. Includes issues such as nutrition labelling or adverse outcomes (disease conditions) that result from poor dietary intake, genetic predisposition or other factors: nutrient needs.
