HLTH355 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Quinoa, Cheddar Cheese, Health Professional
17 Sep 2018
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What is nutrition: the study of how food nourishes the body. The study of the nutrients and other biologically active compounds in foods and in the body. The study of human behaviours related to food. Ordinary americans were uncertain: no food elicited a greater difference of opinion between experts and the public than granola bars. About 70 percent of americans called it healthy, but less than 30 percent of nutritionists did. Diet is complex: we eat every day. What we eat changes from day to day, across seasons, and across the lifecycle. We eat lots of different foods, each with their own nutrient profiles. Eating is influenced by a wide range of factors. Public health: those aspects of health that affect the population as a whole. Public health nutrition: interaction/ overlap of population health and nutrition, interdisciplinary in nature. Public health nutrition: science and art of: Prolonging life through the organized efforts of society.
