Nutrition

Question 1

What are the main determinants of health?

Answer 1

Question 2

What are the 5 social determinants of health?

Answer 2

1. Economic Stability
2. Education
3. Social & community context
4. neighborhood and build environment
5. health & health care

Question 3

What are the deterinants of healthy eating [some scientific evidence to support these findings]?

Answer 3

social support & modeling

availability/access of healthy vs non-healthy foods

SES

Question 4

are medical schools providing enough training on nutrition?

Answer 4

probably not

Question 5

What is the leading cause of death related to nutrition?

Answer 5

CVD –> #1 [24%]

Question 6

What is/are the leading contributor of premature death?

Answer 6

1. diet and physical inactivity
2. tobacco
3. alcohol

Question 7

What are the top 3 preventable causes of death?

Answer 7

1. smoking
2. HTN
3. overweight

Question 8

what is the minimum goal for improved nutrition

Answer 8

eat more/variety of fruits and vegetables every day

Question 9

What is the optimal goal of nutrition?

Answer 9

use a detailed/evidence based diet [aka rework every aspect]

• examples include:
  
  • mediterranean diet
  • portfolio diet
  • DASH diet

Question 10

What are food system factors leading to obesity…?

Answer 10

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%

Question 11

Industrial food production methods have negatively impacted what?

Answer 11

• environment & animal habitats
• water
• pesticide residues, H’s, endocrine disrupters, chemicals
• antibiotic resistant bacteria
• global climate change

Question 12

What are the dirty dozen?

Answer 12

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]

Question 13

What are the clean fifteen?

Answer 13

low pesticide foods

asparagus, avocados, cabbage, cantaloupe, cauliflower, eggplant, grapefruit, kiwi, mangoes, papayas, onions, pineapples, sweet corn, sweet peas [frozen], sweet potatoes

Question 14

what is the Preservation of Antibiotics & Medical Tx Act?

Answer 14

PAMTA

• directs FDA to phase out medically important antibiotics unless demonstrated to not promote resistance

Question 15

What can be a more effective way to limit food-related carbon/climate footprint?

Answer 15

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

Question 16

how should we define healthy food?

Answer 16

defined by not only nutritional quality, but equally by food system that is economically viable, environmentally sustainable, & supportive of human dignity and justice

Question 17

how much did the mediterranean diet decrease risk of [high-risk] ppl developing CVD?

Answer 17

30%

Question 18

according to this lady, what shoudl we eat?

Answer 18

whole foods

mostly plants- limit all animal products

moderation

as locally as possible