HUN 2201: Fundamentals of Human Nutrition (Nutrition Basics Lecture Outline

HUN 2201: Fundamentals of Human Nutrition (Nutrition Basics
Lecture Outline)
What is Nutrition?
 Nutrition is…“the act or process of nourishing or being
nourished; specifically: the sum of the processes by which
an animal or plant take sin and utilizes food substances.”
Medline Plus Also includes the social, economic, cultural,
and psychological implications of food and eating.
Food Choices and Eating Behaviors
 3 of the top causes of death are related to nutrition
 Your actual risk of disease results from the interplay
between the genes you inherit and the diet and lifestyle
choices you make
o The genes you inherit may give you a greater or
lesser tendency to develop conditions like
obesity…
Why do we eat the way we do?

The Nutrients
Definition of nutrients
 Chemical substances obtained from food and used by the
body

Essential Nutrients

Functions of Nutrient