KIN 346 Flashcards
(324 cards)
What factors influence what we eat?
Individual factors (personal) < social environment (networks) < physical environment (settings) < macro-level environments (sectors)
What is nutrition?
The science of foods and the nutrients they contain, and of their action within the body (including ingestion digestion, absoprtion, transport, metabolism, and excretion). Also includes the study of the social, psychological, economic, and cultural factors of what we eat and the implications of what we eat
Clinical work deals with?
Special populations such as cancer or diabetes
Community work deals with?
Nutrition of populations, planning programs and initiatives
Sports nutrition work deals with?
Attaining the highest level of human performance
Nutrigenomics deals with?
Genetics and what we eat and how what we eat affects our genes
2 reasons why studying nutrition is important?
- Nutrition affects health (the WHO estimates that 2.8% of deaths every year are due to lack of fruits and veggies, and 4 out of the top ten leading causes of death are related to nutrition) 2. Nutrition is important for exercise and sport performance
What are nutrients?
Chemical substances acquired from food and used by the body to provide energy and structural materials and support growth, maintenance, and repair of body tissues and metabolic function. Nutrients can also decrease the risk of some diseases
What are essential nutrients?
Indispensable nutrients…the body cannot make in adequate quantities to meet needs, therefore, they must be supplied by the diet
How many essential nutrients are there for humans?
40 essential nutrients
What are some examples of essential nutrients?
Omega 3 and omega 6 FAs, vitamins and minerals, and some amino acids
What are non-essential nutrients?
Nutrients that the body can make from other materials…like glucose
6 major classes of nutrients?
Carbs, lipids, proteins, vitamins, minerals, water
What are the macronutrients?
carbs, fats, proteins
What are the roles of macronutrients?
Broke down for energy and used for other roles in the body such as structures, enzymes, etc.
Of the 6 major classes of nutrients which are organic?
Fats, proteins, carbs, vitamins
Of the 6 major classes of nutrients. which are micronutrients?
Vitamins and minerals
Of the 6 major classes of nutrients, which are inroganic?
Water and minerals
What is energy?
The capacity to dod work
Imperial unit for energy?
Kilocalories…measure of heat
What is the SI unit for energgy?
Joules or kJ
Conversion for kCals to kJoules?
x 4.2
Kcal/g for protein?
4
Kcal/g for fat?
9