HNF 150 Lecture 1: HNF 150 01/08
19 Jan 2019
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Nutrition - the study of how food nourishes the body. Nutrition is a science - the process by which scientists, collectively and over time, endeavor to construct an accurate representation of food. The biochemical interaction between food and beverages, nutrients, genetics and their action, interaction and balance in relation to health and disease. Government (public), corporate (private), and environmental regulation and influences on human eating behavior. Ethics of food production, distribution, and consumption. Health: a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. world health organization. Expand this thinking, health of a community. Sustainability: the ability to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. (economic, environmental, and social sustainability) Heart disease, cancer, and strokes are all the leading causes of death and are all diet related. Scurvy, a disease you get when you are deficient in vitamin c.
