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Health and Nutrition Worksheet

Use Ch. 1, 2, & 3 of Visualizing Nutrition, supplemental course materials, the University Library, the Internet, or other resources to answer the following questions.

This exercise can be used in preparation of class discussions, as well as for your personal knowledge.

|What is nutrition? Why is nutrition essential to our daily lives? |
|the process of providing or obtaining the food necessary for health and growth. Good nutrition is an important part of leading a |
|healthy lifestyle. |

|What is the connection between nutrition and health? |
|Good health is largely dependent on good nutrition, the body needs fuel in order to create the energy it needs for metabolism, |
|elimination of wastes, and execution of its immune, digestive, cardiovascular, nervous, and respiratory systems it gets these |
|from proper nutrition. |

|What is the relationship between poor nutrition and disease? |
|The food choices you make contain the nutrients you need to keep you alive and healthy and away from disease and malnutrition. |

|What does it mean to eat a balanced diet? Why is food choice important for good nutrition? |
|A balanced diet contains a variety of foods from all the different food groups and a variety within the groups. Food choice is |
|important inorder to receive the right amount of nutrients within your daily