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"Keeping the body in

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good health is a duty;
otherwise, we will not
be able to keep our
mind strong and
clear."
Buda

Do you know the

importance of leading
a healthy life?

Student:
Dylan Santiago Ávila Salavarria

 What is the nutrition?

Healthy life

plant organisms
Nutrition is the biological process in
Nutritional pyramid

which animal and

life from food.

absorb the nutrients necessary for

Maintaining an adequate body weight is

important for health. Being overweight or

obese is associated with an increased risk
Nutrition is important because it is

of diabetes and cardiovascular disease,

essential for the functioning and and can also worsen existing conditions
maintenance of the vital functions of such as arthritis. Similarly, being

living beings, it helps to maintain the underweight is also a risk factor for death
homeostatic balance of the and functional loss.

organism, both in macrosystemic

processes, such as digestion or
metabolism.

The nutritional pyramid or food pyramid is a way of

graphically representing how a balanced diet should be
constituted.

The nutritional pyramid is divided into four parts, the base

of the pyramid being cereals and tubers, at the next level
are fruits and vegetables; then, foods of animal origin and
legumes, and finally, at the apex of the pyramid, are
sugars and fats.