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The study of the intake of food and how food nourishes the body
What is nutrition?
This is relatively easy to produce and store, making them the most abundant and least expensive source of calories in the diet worldwide.
What are carbohydrates?
The energy (number of calories) required to fuel the involuntary activities of the body at rest after a 12-hour fast—the energy needed to sustain the metabolic activities of cells and tissues.
What is BMR (basal metabolic rate)? Pg. 1391
The average daily dietary intake of a nutrient that is sufficient to meet the requirement of nearly all (97% to 98%) healthy people.
Recommended dietary allowance (RDA)
This is a ratio of weight (in kilograms) to height (in meters squared). It provides an estimate of body fat and can be used as an initial assessment of nutritional status
What is BMI (body mass index)?
The transfer of digested nutrients into the circulation, of the fat-soluble vitamins and provides insulation, structure, and temperature control.
What is absorption?
This good indicator of abdominal fat.
What is waist circumference?
A vital component of every living cell. Within the human body, more than 1,000 different are made by combining various amounts and proportions of the 22 basic building blocks known as amino acids.
What is a protein?
This is calculated by dividing the patient’s waist circumference by the hip circumference
What is waist to hip circumference (WHR)?
Provides a significant amount of nutritional information for the consumer. Regulations that control food labels have always been controversial.
What is nutritional labels?