NUTRITION - Q1 and Q2 Flashcards
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NUTRIENTS 1
Substances obtained from food and used by the
body to provide energy and structural materials,
and to regulate growth, maintenance, and repair
of the body’s tissues.
NUTRIENTS 2
Chemicals in food that nourish the body by
providing energy, building materials, and
substances required to regulate and or assist in
the catalysis of biochemical reactions.
NUTRIENTS 3
An essential nutrient is one that is obtained from
food because the body cannot synthesize it in
sufficient quantities to meet physiological needs.
NUTRIENTS 4
Chemical substances found in food. They
perform diverse roles in the body such as to
provide heat and energy, to build and repair
body tissues, and to regulate body processes
NUTRIENTS 5
Found primarily in natural foods, adequate
intake of these nutrients is necessary to carry
out physiological functions.
NUTRIENTS ARE CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO THE FF:
FUNCTION, CHEMICAL PROPERTIES, ESSENTIALITY, AND CONCENTRATION.
- those that form tissues in the body
are body-building nutrients while those that
furnish heat and energy are fats, carbohydrates
and proteins
FUNCTION
nutrients are either
ORGANIC OR INORGANIC
nutrients are either
organic or inorganic.
CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
nutrients are classified based on
their significant contribution to the body’s
physiological functioning.
ESSENTIALITY
nutrients are either in large
amounts or in little amounts.
CONCENTRATION
6 CLASSES OF NUTRIENTS FOUND IN FOODS
CARBOHYDRATES
LIPIDS
PROTEIN
VITAMINS
MINERAL
WATER
state of the body resulting from the consumption and utilization of nutrients
NUTRITIONAL STATUS/NUTRITURE
NUTRITIONAL STATUS/NUTRITURE
state of the body resulting from the consumption and utilization of nutrients
State of impaired biologic activity or
development due to discrepancy between the
nutrient supply and the nutrient demand of cells.
MALNUTRITION 1
MALNUTRITION 1
State of impaired biologic activity or
development due to discrepancy between the
nutrient supply and the nutrient demand of cells.
MALNUTRITION 2
An imbalance of nutrient intake – either an
underconsumption or an overconsumption of
energy or nutrients
An imbalance of nutrient intake – either an
underconsumption or an overconsumption of
energy or nutrients
MALNUTRITION 2
FUNCTION OF NUTRITION
The basic function of nutrition is to maintain life by
allowing an individual to grow and be in a state of
optimum health.
Reasons why nutritional science is applied to nursing
care: RCA
- The recognition of the role of nutrition in preventing
diseases or illnesses; - The concern for adapting food patterns of
individuals to their nutritional needs within the framework
of their cultural, economic and psychological situations
and styles; and - The awareness of the need in specified disease
states to modify nutritional factors for therapeutic
purpose.
FOOD 1
Anything that when taken into the body, serves
to nourish, build, and repair tissues, supplies
energy, or regulate body processes.
FOOD 2
Material containing nutrients taken into the body
for the maintenance of life and growth and repair
tissues.
basic unit of life
CELL
Composed mostly of water, inorganic ions, and
carbon-based molecules, make up over 70% of
cell mass. Nutrition studies their growth and
development, as they form the human body.
Despite differences in size, composition, and
function, all cells can move, grow, ingest food,
excrete waste, respond to the environment, and
reproduce.
CELL
