Nutrition

• What is it?

• Why study it?

• Who needs it?

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What is Nutrition?

Nutrition - the study of the food people

eat and how their bodies use that food
Science – food requirements for body
maintenance and function
Art – how foods and food information are
presented

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Science Art
• Research • Meal Planning
• Regulatory
• Meal
Controls
Presentation
• Relationship to
Disease • Environment

• Interactions with • Patient

Medications Considerations

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Why study Nutrition?

• Good Nutrition is essential to Wellness

• Poor Nutrition contributes to Disease
• Nurses need to keep themselves
Healthy
• Nurses need to Educate patients

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Who needs to know about Nutrition?

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Wellness is more than the absence of disease

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Food Insecurity
Poverty – Poor Access – Poor Knowledge

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The Course Syllabus
Unit I (5 Hrs) – Food Analysis, Test
Unit II (5 Hrs) – Test
Unit III (7 Hrs) – Group Project, Test
Unit IV (5 Hrs) – Test

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The Nutrition Health Care Team

Physician
Dietitian
Nurse
Patient

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The Nutrition Health Care Team

Physician
Dietitian
Nurse
Patient

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The Nutrition Health Care Team

Physician
Dietitian
Nurse
Patient

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The Nutrition Health Care Team

Physician
Dietitian
Nurse
Patient

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Functions of Nutrients

• Provide Energy
• Build Tissue
• Regulate Body Cellular
Functions

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Providing Energy

• Energy is the capacity

to do work

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Providing Energy

• Energy is measured in
kilocalories or Calorie

1000 calories = 1 kilocalorie

1 kilocalorie = 1 Calorie

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Providing Energy

• Caloric Measurement is
approximate

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Digestion

Metabolism

Absorption

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Macronutrients – The
Energy Providers
• Carbohydrates
Fuel Factor
1 gm = 4 kcal

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Carbohydrates

1 tsp table sugar weighs 4

gm. How many
kilocalories?

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Macronutrient
Carbohydrates
Good Carbs?
Bad Carbs?

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Macronutrients – The
Energy Providers
• Fats (Lipids)
Fuel Factor
1 gm = 9 kcal

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Fats (Lipids)

1 Tbsp olive oil weighs 14

gm. How many
kilocalories?

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Macronutrient
Fats (Lipids)
Good Fats?
Bad Fats?

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Macronutrients – The
Energy Providers
• Proteins
Fuel Factor
1 gm = 4 kcal

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Proteins
1 egg weighs 6 gm. How
many kilocalories in 3
eggs?

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Macronutrient
Proteins
Good Proteins?
Bad Proteins?

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Energy Density

LOWER ENERGY DENSITY HIGHER ENERGY DENSITY

This 450-gram breakfast This 144-gram breakfast also
delivers 500 Kcalories. delivers 500 kcalories.

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Macronutrients Provide
Energy

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The Tissue Builders

• Proteins

Example – Amino Acids

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The Tissue Builders

• Vitamins

Example – Vitamin C
Collagen

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The Tissue Builders

• Minerals

Example – Iron
Hemoglobin

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The Tissue Builders

• Fatty Acids

Cell Wall – Structure and

Transport

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The Regulators
• Vitamins and Minerals

Example – Coenzyme
Factors

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The Regulators
• Non-Nutrients

Water

Fiber

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Discussion

• A single nutrient for

each single food?

• Good nutrients vs bad

nutrients?

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Achieving Optimum Nutrition

• Malnutrition
• Overnutrition
• Undernutrition

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Achieving Optimum Nutrition

• Malnutrition

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Achieving Optimum Nutrition

• Overnutrition

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Achieving Optimum Nutrition

• Undernutrition

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Community Health Care

Setting Setting

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Home Work Assignment – Food Log
• Go to
http://www.mypyramid.gov/mypyramid/in
dex.aspx
• Find YOUR Pyramid Plan
• Explore the Nutricalc CD that comes with
your Nutrition Book.
• Calculate your Ideal Body Weight (IBW)
and Body Mass Index (BMI)
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Home Work Assignment – Food Log
(cont.)
• Keep a daily log of all the foods you eat for
2 days
• Be as specific as possible
• Include all condiments
• Include all beverages including water
• Bring this log to the next class

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