Worksheet

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Nutrition and Health Worksheet

Use Ch. 1 of Contemporary Nutrition, Ch. 2 of Visualizing Nutrition, supplemental course materials, the University Library, the Internet, or other resources to answer the following questions. Your response to each question should be 75 to 100 words.

|What is nutrition? Why is nutrition essential to our daily lives? |

|Nutrition is the supply of raw materials, typically acquired through foods. The raw materials are the necessary elements which |

|the body requires to stay alive and function properly. Nutrition is a the study or knowledge of what the body needs in the way of|

|materials; how these materials are broken down; and how the body utilizes these materials for functions. Nutrition is essential |

|for our daily lives because it reveals what makes a person perform at peak health and can affect how we operate. |

|What is the connection between nutrition and health? |

|Nutrition is connected with health because without proper nutrition the body can become sick and weak. Lack of nutrition can |

|cause malnutrition which can cause disease. People who maintain good nutrition through diet have less physical illness and are |

|better able to heal. There are also psychological components to health in which people with poor nutrition tend to be less |

|focused and are more prone to depression and stress. For these reasons, nutrition is vital to proper health of mind and body. |

|What are the six classes of nutrients? What are essential nutrients? What are the sources of nutrients? What do nutrients do? |

|There are six major classes of nutrients: carbohydrates, fats, minerals, protein, vitamins, and water. These nutrients are |

|divided into essential and nonessential nutrients. Essential nutrients are...