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Characteristics of a Sound Diet
- Calorie Control
- Adequacy
- Balance
- Moderation
- Variety
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Calorie Control:
An appropriate amount of Calories are eaten to maintain a healthy body weight.
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Adequacy:
Essential nutrients, fiber, and energy(Calories) are present in the diet.
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Balance:
Food types complement one another in the diet. Not any one nutrient or food type is overbearing.
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Moderation:
The diet does not contain an excess of unwanted substances.
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Variety:
Different foods are used for the same purpose in the diet.
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Philosophical Statement about Health
Healthy lifestyle behaviors promote health, &unhealthy lifestyle behaviors promote disease. Over long periods of time the health consequences can be realized. Therefore,even though a person may be “disease-free”at the moment, a person that lives an unhealthy lifestyle should not be labeled as a“healthy” person.
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Factors Affecting Longevity
Diet
• Poor diets promote degenerative diseases/conditions: such as, cancer,heart disease, osteoporosis, diabetes,& obesity.
• Dietary factors like Fat, Sugar, Fiber,Sodium, Alcohol, & Calcium, function in the disease process.
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Factors Affecting Longevity
Exercise (physical activity)
• Promotes health by positively influencing body weight/composition, metabolism,bone density, cognitive function, blood pressure, blood cholesterol, and the cardiovascular system.
• Strive for 60 minutes each day.
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Factors Affecting Longevity
Other Factors
- • Smoking or tobacco use is a leading contributor to death of Americans
- • Habits (lack of sleep, alcohol & drug use, unsafe sex)
- • Chance (accidents)
- • Genetics
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Hunger:
The Physiological need for food. The physical body sends signals indicating a need for food.
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Satiety:
The Physiological feedback mechanisms that terminate food intake.
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Appetite:
The Psychological desire for food.The brain sends signals indicating a desire for food because of sensory input like seeing, smelling, or thinking about food.
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Factors Affecting Food Choices:
- Hunger
- Satiety
- Appetite
- Personal Preferences
- Availability
- Economics
- Social Factors
- Cultural Traditions
- Advertising
- Other
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