LET'S TALK ABOUT THE

HEALTH AND FOOD

NUTRITION
WHAT IS HEALTH FOR YOU?
HEALTH IS A STATE OF COMPLETE
PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SOCIAL
WELL-BEING, AND NOT MERELY THE
ABSENCE OF DISEASE OR INFIRMITY.
HE WHO, IN ITS DEFINITION OF
HEALTH, ESTABLISHED THAT THIS IS
THE STATE OF PERFECT PHYSICAL,
MENTAL AND SOCIAL WELL-BEING,
AND NOT ONLY THE ABSENCE OF
INJURY OR DISEASE.

WHAT IS FOOD
FOR YOU?
IT IS WHAT PROVIDES US WITH SOME NUTRIENTS
AND THE ENERGY WE NEED TO STAY HEALTHY.
THEREFORE, IT IS IMPORTANT TO CHOOSE
VARIED, FRESH AND NATURAL FOODS SUCH AS:
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES: THEY PROVIDE FIBER,
VITAMINS AND MINERALS.

FUN FACTS #1 FUN FACTS #2 FUN FACTS #3

ACCORDING TO THE 2018 NATIONAL HEALTH A HEALTHY DIET HELPS PROTECT US HEALTHY NUTRITION IS ESSENTIAL
AND NUTRITION SURVEY, ONLY 44.5% OF FROM MALNUTRITION IN ALL ITS FOR THE PREVENTION OF DIET-
MEXICANS CLAIMED TO HAVE FOOD SECURITY, FORMS, AS WELL AS NON- RELATED RISK FACTORS, SUCH AS
22.6% HAVE MODERATE AND SEVERE FOOD COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY, AND
INSECURITY, AND THE REMAINING 32.9% HAVE INCLUDING DIABETES, HEART DISEASE, ASSOCIATED NON-COMMUNICABLE
MILD INSECURITY. STROKE AND CANCER. DISEASES.

WHAT RELATIONSHIP
Examples
DOES FOOD AND
NUTRITION HAVE WITH
SALMON. THIS FISH HEALTH?
CONTAINS SIGNIFICANT
Nutrition is a consequence of diet,
AMOUNTS OF OMEGA 3 that is, of the foods that make up
AND VITAMINS. ...
TOMATO. ...
the diet and their proportion. For
EGG. ... this reason, food is considered
MILK. ...
ASPARAGUS. ... adequate and healthy when:
APPLE. ... Sufficient to meet the demands
OATMEAL. ...
AVOCADO. and maintain the balance of the
body.

WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF FEEDING?

THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF NUTRITION AND THESE ARE CLASSIFIED AS AUTOTROPHIC
AND HETEROTROPHIC. THE CLASSIFICATION IS DEFINED ACCORDING TO THE SOURCE
FROM WHICH THE NUTRIENTS WE CONSUME ARE EXTRACTED.