Why+is+it+important+to+study+nutrition?

[|Good nutrition] will help you grow and develop to your full potential. It also lets your body function (work) better. You will have more energy and endurance to do the things you want to do, like homework, basketball and biking. You are building the body you will have for the rest of your life. If you don't take good care of your body, Where will you live? I wish I had thought more about [|nutrition] when I was young, so my bones could have been stronger today.


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You may have heard of some diseases or conditions that can occur because of poor nutrition. Some of them are called deficiency diseases because they are caused by a partial or complete deficiency (lack of) an essential nutrient. Scurvy, [[Glossary|rickets ]] , [[Glossary|anemia ]] , and [[Glossary|osteoporosis ]] are [|deficiency diseases], diabetes , heart disease, stroke and [|obesity] can be diseases resulting from certain unhealthy lifestyles. Sometimes a person's [|genetics] can also cause health conditions.

I think of seamen and pirates when I hear scurvy and rickets, but we all know or have seen someone who is diabetic, has had a heart attack or stroke, who is obese or who is hunched over because their bones are not strong enough to hold them up straight.

Look at this slide show of what different families around the world eat in a week. Food is something we should appreciate and not waste. [|From the book - A Hungry Planet]

Students become a great help to their families by sharing information with them about good nutrition. Students can start analyzing their own diets, using the [|food pyramid], c[|alculating the amount of different foods you should eat] , reading food labels , helping with menus and grocery shopping. How can you help your family? Your community? The world community? Did you know half of all child deaths worldwide is from malnutrition ? Read about [|Project Peanut Butter] to see what is being done to help malnourished children in African countries.



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