Definitions [4]
Define the following:
Malnutrition
The condition where people become weak and sick due to insufficient and unbalanced diet is referred to as malnutrition.
Define and give one example of a balanced diet.
A balanced diet is a diet that provides all the essential nutrients—carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals, and water—in the right proportions to maintain health, energy, and proper growth.
Example of a Balanced Diet:
A balanced meal could include Carbohydrates, Proteins, Fats, Vitamins and Minerals and water.
Define balanced diet.
A balanced diet is a diet which contains an adequate amount of all the necessary nutrients like carbohydrate fat protein minerals and vitamins required for healthy growth and activity.
Define the following:
Saprozoic
Saprozoic nutrition refers to nutrition in which animals feed on dead or decaying matter.
Key Points
- According to WHO, nutrition means taking in food in relation to the body’s dietary needs.
- It includes five main processes: ingestion, digestion, absorption, assimilation and egestion, which together describe how the body handles food.
Important Questions [8]
- Define balanced diet.
- What is known as balanced diet?
- Differentiate between Macro and Micro Nutrients.
- What is obesity?
- Role of water in the human body is to ______.
- Write the functions and sources of Vitamin K.
- Which of the following are water-soluble vitamins?
- Write the functions and sources of Vitamin D.
Concepts [22]
- A Balanced Diet
- Nutrients and Nutrition
- Carbohydrates
- Proteins
- Fats (Lipids)
- Water
- Vitamin and Minerals
- Component of Food: Minerals
- Nutritive and Non-Nutritive Components of Diet
- Healthy Weight
- Eating for Weight Control
- The Pitfalls of Dieting
- Food Intolerance
- Food Myths
- Importance of Diet in Sports
- Carbohydrates in Sports and Exercise
- Proteins for Exercise and Training
- Fat Intake in Sports and Training
- Vitamins and Minerals Intake in Sports and Training
- Pre-exercise or Pre-event Meal Requirements in Sports
- During Exercise Meal Requirements in Sports
- Post Training or Sports Competition Meal Requirements in Sports
