Subject: Community Health Nursing I
Nutrition is the study of food and how it affects one's health. which focuses primarily on the role that food factors (nutrients) have in the process of body development, maintenance, and their activity within the body, including bodily activities including ingestion, digestion, absorption, transportation, metabolism, and excretion. Proteins, vitamins, and minerals are examples of specific dietary components that are referred to as "nutrients" or "food factors."
Nutrition is described as a dynamic process that uses the food consumed to maintain the structural integrity and functional effectiveness of each and every body cell.
Food intake is referred to as nutrition when compared to the body's nutritional requirements. The foundation of good health is excellent nutrition, which is comprised of an appropriate and well-balanced diet. Reduced immunity, greater vulnerability to disease, hampered physical and mental growth, and decreased productivity can all result from poor nutrition. Nutrition and health are related in the following ways:
Deficiency | Disease |
Vitamin A | Night Blindness, Xeropthalmia |
Thiamine (vit B1) | Beriberi |
Niacin (vt B3) | Pellagra |
Ascorbic acid (vit C) | Scurvy |
Vitamin D | Rickets, osteomalacia |
Iodine | Goiter |
Protein | Kwashiorker |
Energy | Marasmus |
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