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Utilization of Nutrients
I. Digestion:
is the process by which the body breaks down food into smaller parts, changes the food chemically, and moves the food through the digestive system.
There are two types of digestive action:
1. Mechanical: food is broken down by the teeth and moved through the digestive tract.
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Nutrition
Fundamentals of Nutrition
Nutrition includes all body processes relating to food. These include digestion, absorption, metabolism, circulation, and elimination.
These processes allow the body to use food for energy, maintenance of health, and growth.
Nutrition plays a large role in determining height, weight, strength, skeletal and muscular development, resistance to disease, appetite, mental ability, and emotional and psychological health.
The immediate effect of good nutrition include a healthy appearance, a good attitude, proper sleep and bowel habits, a high energy level, and freedom from anxiety.
These processes allow the body to use food for energy, maintenance of health, and growth.
Nutrition plays a large role in determining height, weight, strength, skeletal and muscular development, resistance to disease, appetite, mental ability, and emotional and psychological health.
The immediate effect of good nutrition include a healthy appearance, a good attitude, proper sleep and bowel habits, a high energy level, and freedom from anxiety.
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Nutrition