Question

discuss why nutrition and weight status are important for health

Answer 1

• "Nutrition isn't just about eating its about learning to live"
• Good nutriton plays a very important role in maintaing good health and thus a healthy life style.
• We should include foods like fruits and vegetables ,whole grains ,dairy ,meats,nuts, healthy fats which provide us with required amounts of carbohydrates ,proteins ,fats ,vitaminds and minerals where our body uses them to provide energy and for bodies metabolic process.
• Good nutrition in required quanties and physical exercise helps to keep our weight healthy.
• The amount of food to be consumed depends our life style work like sedentary,moderate or heavy.
• Foods should be consumed as such we get them in nature.
• "We should eat food to live but not live to eat".
• Individuals with heavy work styles need more calories and thus more food.
• Sedentary work individuals should check their eating habbits regularly as this group has higher chances of putting more and more weight.
• Healthy weight prevents the development of chronic diseases like diabetes ,high cholestrol,heart diseases, cancers etc.
• In our present day trends most of the food we consume are in the form of processed food with high amount of unwanted fats and calories and with mordern technology machines which are the main sources of gaining weight.
• Now a days foods are readily avaiable out side as a result we tend to eat at off timings .foods eaten out side home are high in calories and in less nutritive values which have a serious effects on our health.
• Over eating at untimely manner is the main cause of obese nations.
• Obese persons can stay healthy by implementing a life style by limiting no of calories intake and by burning excess calories in the body with exercise.
• Our diet is Influenced by various social factors like knowledge and attitude,economic price systems ,food assistance program,social support etc.
• People with under weight eat less food or they burn more calories than consumed.These people should modify their diet as they may also have serious effects on their bodies like weak immune system,poor physical stamina ,amenorrhea and infertility in women ,etc