Nutrition Flashcards
What are the main determinants of health?
What are the 5 social determinants of health?
- Economic Stability
- Education
- Social & community context
- neighborhood and build environment
- health & health care
What are the deterinants of healthy eating [some scientific evidence to support these findings]?
social support & modeling
availability/access of healthy vs non-healthy foods
SES
are medical schools providing enough training on nutrition?
probably not
What is the leading cause of death related to nutrition?
CVD –> #1 [24%]
What is/are the leading contributor of premature death?
- diet and physical inactivity
- tobacco
- alcohol
What are the top 3 preventable causes of death?
- smoking
- HTN
- overweight
what is the minimum goal for improved nutrition
eat more/variety of fruits and vegetables every day
What is the optimal goal of nutrition?
use a detailed/evidence based diet [aka rework every aspect]
- examples include:
- mediterranean diet
- portfolio diet
- DASH diet
What are food system factors leading to obesity…?
since 1950s, corporatization of american food system has:
- placed economic benefits over health
- government subsidizes meat & dairy products [majority, 74%]
- while nuts.veggies are only given 2%
Industrial food production methods have negatively impacted what?
- environment & animal habitats
- water
- pesticide residues, H’s, endocrine disrupters, chemicals
- antibiotic resistant bacteria
- global climate change
What are the dirty dozen?
heavily pesticide grown vegetables
apples, peaches, celery, potatoes, cherry tomatoes, snap peas, spinach, cukes, strawberries, sweet bell peppers, grapes, nectarines, [also hot peppers, and collard greens]
What are the clean fifteen?
low pesticide foods
asparagus, avocados, cabbage, cantaloupe, cauliflower, eggplant, grapefruit, kiwi, mangoes, papayas, onions, pineapples, sweet corn, sweet peas [frozen], sweet potatoes
what is the Preservation of Antibiotics & Medical Tx Act?
PAMTA
- directs FDA to phase out medically important antibiotics unless demonstrated to not promote resistance
What can be a more effective way to limit food-related carbon/climate footprint?
if each household:
-shifts 1 day/wk of calories from redmeat & dairy –> chicken, fish, eggs, or veggies
***may reduce GHG more than buying all locally sourced food
how should we define healthy food?
defined by not only nutritional quality, but equally by food system that is economically viable, environmentally sustainable, & supportive of human dignity and justice
how much did the mediterranean diet decrease risk of [high-risk] ppl developing CVD?
30%
according to this lady, what shoudl we eat?
whole foods
mostly plants- limit all animal products
moderation
as locally as possible
