How do you define health?

Nutrition Basics

• Carbohydrates• Calories• Fiber• Protein• Fats• Cholesterol• Vitamins• Minerals

Carbohydrates

• Starches and sugars found in food• Examples:• Body’s preferred source of energy• Simple and complex

Calories

• Energy the body gets from foods• Body requires a minimum # set calories each day• Take in fewer calories than burned: lose weight• Take in more calories than burned: gain weight

Fiber

• Found in tough, stringy part of vegetables And fruits

• Special form of complex carb• Cannot be digested, used as energy• Waste removal

Proteins

• Build strong healthy bone, muscles, tissue, and teeth

• Makes new blood cells and protect important organs, such as the heart, brain, lungs, and skin

Fats

• Most concentrated form of energy• Beef, pork, egg yolks, dairy foods

higher in saturated fat than in fish or chicken

• Unsaturated fat is liquid fat, proven to reduce heart disease

Cholesterol

• Fat like substance produced in liver of all animals and found only in amimals

• Excessive can form plaque between artery walls

• Break off –clot• Lead to stroke and MI

Vitamin

• Compounds that help regulate digestion, and metabolism

• Needed in small amounts (micronutrients)

• No claories but some give you energy

Minerals

• Inorganic substances that the body cannot manufacture

• Act like workers to regulating many important body functions

• Calcium: strong bones and strong teeth

The World Health Organization

Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

Health and wellness

Taking a holistic wellness approach• Physical fitness• Mental fitness• Social Well-being

National Health Goals

National effort with specific goals and strategies for improving the nation’s health by preventing chronic illnesses, injury and infectious disease.

National Health Goals

1.Increase the span of health life for Americans

2.Reduce disparities among Americans3.Achieve access to preventative services

for all Americans

Agencies involved

• Center for Disease Control and Prevention• Infection Control department of hospitals

and other agencies• City/County/Public Health dept.