Cultural Perspectives
This is considered beautiful in many countries.
What are thin bodies?
This group of people can influence and broaden your view of food.
What are friends?
One can take this supplement to help bones that are growing and to prevent their deterioration.
What is calcium?
Eating well and staying active can lower your risk of this.
What are diet-related diseases?
Television, newspaper, magazines, radios, Internet, and outdoor advertising.
What are media sources?
Some countries view this as a status of power, fertility, and wealth.
What are larger bodies?
These usually get passed on from generation to generation about possibly false information on food.
What are food myths?
One can take this supplement in the winter when you don't get enough sun.
What is Vitamin D?
One becomes this when they buy any food from any place.
What is a consumer of food?
Body image, what and how much to eat, and how much to exercise is your...
What are your attitudes about your body?
The myth that apples contain Vitamin C and help your immune system.
What is an apple a day keeps the doctor away?
Scientific research has shown that large doses of supplements can cause this.
What are serious health issues?
One must do this before trying any new program or diet to lose/gain weight.
What is consult a family physician or a health-care professional?
This can help you determine the reliability of the media messages.
What is media awareness?
Teenagers can make a difference in their bodies using these methods.
What are active living and healthy eating?
The most reliable source for nutrition and food.
What are health-care professionals (dieticians, doctors, food scientists)?
Even though vitamins can provide the nutrients you are missing or fill in some gaps, you should always do this.
What is eating daily from the four food groups?
Maintaining healthy body weight is largely dependant on this.
What are the calories from the food you eat balanced with daily activity?
Media companies make a profit by doing this.
What is selling advertising space?
This range of ages is when your body goes through many changes.
What are ages 9-16?
The goal of Health Canada is to provide Canadians with nutrition information that is...
What is based on evidence, easily understood, relevant to Canadian cultures, or easy to make part of your life?
What are prevent colds/vitamins make one look like a superhero?
The increase in metabolic rate after the ingestion of a meal.
What is thermic effect?
Advertisements are designed to do this.