NFS284H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Nutrient Density, Dark Chocolate, Confounding
Document Summary
Human nutrition studies the interaction between human health and food. How healthy is the canadian diet: canadian community health survey (cchs) is a survey of health information including food intake. Many canadian adults eat less than the recommended number of servings. Many canadian adults eat more than 35% kcal from fat. If you are getting too many of your kilocalories from fat, then there is a higher probability that you are getting too many calories in total: fat is a very concentrated source of calories. Cancer, heart disease, and stroke are the leading causes of death. Good nutrition can reduce your risk of chronic disease. Convenience has its costs: convenience foods are more expensive in dollar cost and energy content. Coffee would cost sh. 20 and provide 50 kilocalories. Muffin would cost sh. 30 and provide 150 kilocalories (including b vitamins and iron) Turkey sandwich would cost . 00 and provide 320 kilocalories.
