What is nutrition?
-:- Nutrition by definition is the science that links foods to health and disease.
When is nutrition important?
-:- from conception to death
When considering one's health, five dimensions can be evaluated: physical health,
intellectual health, emotional health, social hea...
✓ -:- external drive often related to pleasant sensations associated with food and can
lead us to eat even if we are not hungry
satiety
✓ -:- the feeling of being full
hypothalamus
✓ -:- a region of the brain that plays a role in hunger as well the feeling of being full
gastrointestinal tract (GI)
✓ -:- the main site in the body used for digestion and absorption of nutrients
stomach
✓ -:- plays a major role in satiety and weight regulation (expands as it starts to fill with
food adding to the feeling of satiety)
hormones
✓ -:- compounds secreted into the bloodstream by one type of cell that acts to control
the function of another type of cell.
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