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Nutrition Through w




the Life Cycle 8e
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Judith E. Brown
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(Instructor Manual
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All Chapters, 100%
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BROWN, NUTRITION THROUGH THE LIFE CYCLE, EIGHTH
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0423; CHAPTER 1: NUTRITION BASICS
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TABLE OF CONTENTS W W




Purpose and Perspective of the Chapter .......................................................... 2
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List of Student Downloads ............................................................................. 2
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Chapter Objectives ....................................................................................... 2
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Complete List of Chapter Activities and Assessments ........................................... 2
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Key Terms .................................................................................................. 3
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What's New in This Chapter .......................................................................... 7
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Chapter Outline ........................................................................................... 7
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Discussion Questions ................................................................................... 10
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Additional Activities and Assignments ............................................................. 12
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Additional Resources.................................................................................... 19
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,PURPOSE AND PERSPECTIVE OF THE CHAPTER W W W W W




The purpose of this chapter is to introduce or refresh the students’ memory of basic
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nutrition knowledge. The chapter will present information about how nutrition paves
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the way to an understanding of needs and benefits related to nutrition by life-cycle
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stage. The 10 principles of nutrition will be discussed, as will how each serves a
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purpose to provide a larger understanding of nutrition and its relationship to overall
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health. Four public food and nutrition programs are discussed, and readers will be
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able to identify the basic elements of each, while also being able to design a healthy
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dietary pattern.
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CHAPTER OBJECTIVES W




The following objectives are addressed in this chapter:
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1.1 Understand the meaning of the nutrition concepts presented. w w w w w w w




1.2 Read and understand the elements of nutrition labels; you will be able to
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understand the nutritional value of most food products.
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1.3 Cite two examples of how nutrient needs change during the life cycle and how
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nutritional status at one stage during the life cycle can influence health status
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during another.
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1.4 Describe the components of individual-level nutrition assessment.
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1.5 Identify the basic elements of four public food and nutrition programs.
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1.6 Design a healthy dietary pattern. w w w w




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Nutrients: Chemical substances in foods that are used by the body for growth and
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health.
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Food security: Access at all times to a sufficient supply of safe, nutritious foods.
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Food insecurity: Limited or uncertain availability of safe, nutritious foods, or the
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ability to acquire them in socially acceptable, legal ways.
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Calorie: A unit of measure of the amount of energy supplied by food. Also known
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as the ―kilocalorie‖ (kcal), or the ―large Calorie.‖
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Essential nutrients: Substances required for growth and health that cannot be
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produced, or produced in sufficient amounts, by the body. They must be obtained
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from the diet.
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Essential amino acids: Amino acids that cannot be synthesized in adequate amounts
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by humans and therefore must be obtained from the diet. Also called indispensable
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amino acids.
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Nonessential nutrients: Nutrients required for growth and health that can be produced
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by the body from other components of the diet.
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Daily values (DVs): Scientifically agreed-upon standards for daily intakes of nutrients
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from the diet developed for the use on nutrition labels.
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Insulin resistance: A condition in which cell membranes have a reduced sensitivity
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Type 2 diabetes: A disease characterized by high blood glucose levels due to the
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body’s inability to use insulin normally, to produce enough insulin, or both.
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Glycemic index: A measure of the extent to which blood glucose levels are raised by
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consumption of an amount of food that contains 50 g of carbohydrate compared to
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50 g of glucose. A portion of white bread containing 50 g of carbohydrate is
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sometimes used for comparison instead of 50 g of glucose.
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Amino acids: The ―building blocks‖ of protein. Unlike carbohydrates and fats, amino
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acids contain nitrogen.
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Nonessential amino acids: Amino acids that can be readily produced by humans from
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components of the diet. Also referred to as dispensable amino acids.
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