NTDT200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-5: Nutrient, Overnutrition, Phytochemical
2 Aug 2018
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In the nal months of ww2, the dutch people were eating only a few hundred calories per day. This period, now known as the dutch hunger winter, lasted from oct 1944-may 1945. They found men whose mothers endured the famine during the rst months of their pregnancy were signi cant more likely to be obsess. Men whose mothers starved during the last months or their pregnancy and into the. Rst months of their life, were less likely to be obese. Nutrition - the study of dietary intake and behavior as well as the nutrients and constituents in food including their use in the body and in uence on human health. Babies with low birth weight were more likely to develop heart disease later in life. Substances we consume are broken down to fuel activity and to build and support the body"s tissues.
