Nutrition Chapter 1

medically, any substance that the body can take in an assimilate that will enable it to stay alive and to grow

the study of the nurients in foods and in the body; sometimes also the study of human behaviors related to food

the foods (including beverages) a person usually eats and drinks

component of food that are indespensable to the body's functioning. They provide energy, serve as building material, help maintain or repair body parts, and support growth.

• water
• carbohydarte
• fat
• fat
• protein
• vitamins
• minerals

any condition caused by excess or deficient food energy or nutrient intake or by an imbalane of nutrient. Nutrient or energy deficiencies are forms of undernutrition

long-duration degenerative diseases characterized by deterioration of the body organs.

the full complement of genetic information in teh chromosomes of a cell

units of a cell's inheritance

• Heart desease
• Cancers
• Strokes
• Diabetes mellitus