Health and Nutrition

Dr. Mustafa Volkan Yılmaz

 What is Health?
According to World Health Organization (WHO);

Health is a state of complete physical, mental and

social well-being and not merely the absence of
disease or infirmity.
Why Nutrition is one of the most
important contibutors to Health?
• A healthy diet helps to protect against
malnutrition in all its forms, as well as
noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), including such
as diabetes, heart disease, stroke and cancer.
• Unhealthy diet and lack of physical activity are
leading global risks to health.
• Healthy dietary practices start early in life –
breastfeeding fosters healthy growth and improves
cognitive development, and may have longer term
health benefits such as reducing the risk of
becoming overweight or obese and developing
NCDs later in life.
Course objectives/Learning
Outcomes:
• to explain
– Macronutrients and micronutrients
and their food sources
– Food groups,
– Importance and application of
healthy diet
– Nutrition related disorders
– Nutrition in different health stages
Syllabus
Weeks Content
1 General objectives of this course
2 Energy and Macronutrients – Energy and Carbohydrates
3 Macronutrients – Proteins, Fats and alcohol
4 Water and Micronutrients – Water and minerals
5 Micronutrients – Vitamins and Phytochemicals
6 Food Groups
7 Midterm
8 Nutritional Assessment
9 Turkey Dietary Guidelines
10 Nutrition Related Disorders – Obesity, Malnutrition
Nutrition Related Disorders – Diabetes, Cardiovascular
11
Diseases, Cancer
12 Popular Diets, Pros and Cons
13 Life Stages and Nutrition
14 Sports Nutrition
Body Mass Index Calculation

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• BMI :
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