Nutrition Flashcards
Social Determinants of Health
Economic Stability Education Social and Community Context Neighborhood/Build Environment Health and Health Care
Biology and Genetics
Age, Sex, Genes
Individual Behaviors
Diet, physical activity, alcohol, tobacco, drugs, hand washing
Determinants of health
2 biggest factors are social/economic factors and health behaviors
Social Determinants of Diet
Knowledge, skills, support, norms, food and agricultural policies, food assistance programs, economic pricing
Physical Determinants of Diet
Access and availability
Where you eat influences diet
Why is nutrition important
- associated with leading causes of death
- eating right can prevent morbidity and mortality
- facing obesity epidemic
- medical system in moving toward prevention
Recommendations by NPS
- Increase access to healthy and affordable foods
- Implement organizational and programmatic nutrition standards and policies
- Improve nutritional quality of food supply
- Help people recognize and make healthy food and beverage choices
- Support policies and programs that promote breastfeeding
- Enhance food safety
Healthy Eating Definition
Increase fruits and veggies
Decrease salt
Decrease saturated and trans fats
Decrease added sugar
Environmental Impacts
Water consumed at unsustainable rates
Synthetic chemical pesticides
Soil erosion
Monocultures erode biodiversity
Conditions promoting antibiotic resistance
Failure of infection control
Exposure to antibiotics –> not optimal doses and inappropriate use
Stress Reaction
Food Miles or Food Types?
shifting less than 1 day per week’s worth of calories from red meat and dairy to chick, fish, eggs, or veggies achieves more GHG reduction than buying all local food
Benefits of local food
Environmental benefits
Health benefits
Economic benefits
