Week 1 - Nutrition Landscape Flashcards
1
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What are the major diet related diseases according to WHO?
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diabetes, obesity, CVD, poor dental health, cancers, osteoporosis
2
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define nutrition
A
the study of how food supplies nutrients to the body and affects health and life
3
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what is the order that food travels through the body?
A
consumption/ingestion → digestion → absorption → metabolism → transport → storage → elimination
4
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what are nutrients?
A
substances that elicit a biological or physiological function in the body
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