Lecture Discovering nutrition - Chapter 1: Food choices - Nutrients and nourishment

Chapter 1: Food choices - Nutrients and nourishment. Chapter 1 presents the following content: Why do we eat the way we do? introducing the nutrients, applying the scientific process to nutrition, from research study to headline.

Chapter 1

Food Choices: Nutrients and Nourishment

The Science of Nutrition

or harmful

Why Do We Eat the Way We Do?

– Age

Why Do We Eat the Way We Do?

Smell

and umami

Why Do We Eat the Way We Do?

Influences

Why Do We Eat the Way We Do?

The Social Ecological Model

The American Diet

Introducing the Nutrients

Introducing the Nutrients

Introducing the Nutrients

specific change in health

reverse the change in health

Introducing the Nutrients

vitamins

Introducing the Nutrients

Introducing the Nutrients

Introducing the Nutrients

Introducing the Nutrients

Introducing the Nutrients

Introducing the Nutrients

Introducing the Nutrients

Introducing the Nutrients

Introducing the Nutrients

from foods?

– Example

30 g carb × 4 kcal/g = 156 kcalories

10 g protein × 4 kcal/g = 40 kcalories

16 g fat × 9 kcal/g = 144 kcalories

TOTAL = 340 kcalories

Introducing the Nutrients

of Calories in Food

Diet and Health

complete physical, mental, and social

well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”

Diet and Health

state of the living animal … that interrupts or modifies the performance of the vital

functions”

risk for developing chronic diseases

Diet and Health

activity

Applying the Scientific Process to

Nutrition

to test the validity of hypotheses

on the basis of limited evidence as a

starting point for further investigation

Applying the Scientific Process to

Nutrition

Steps of the Scientific Process

From Research Study to Headline

in scientific journals to communicate new information

low-quality research is published

From Research Study to Headline

omission of details

30-second sound bite

Evaluating Information on the

Internet

Internet