From aeb183ed952b66838d812808f017947443b49b4f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: zleyyij <75810274+zleyyij@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2024 13:20:28 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] vault backup: 2024-09-04 13:20:28 --- education/nutrition/Nutrients.md | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/education/nutrition/Nutrients.md b/education/nutrition/Nutrients.md index 5f6b297..39eb155 100644 --- a/education/nutrition/Nutrients.md +++ b/education/nutrition/Nutrients.md @@ -61,13 +61,16 @@ Biological and physiological factors influence eating habits. Examples of factor - Relationships - Income +## Physiological Composition +The proportions present in males and females varies, but between 50 and 70% by weight of the body is composed of water. + # Definitions | Term | Definition | | ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Nutrients | The life sustaining substances found in food. Necessary for growth, maintenance, and repair. | | Nutrition | The study of how nutrients affect our body. | | Diet | A person's usual pattern of food choices. Everyone has a diet, and you don't begin and end diets, you just make changes to your existing diet. | -| Lipid | Fat | +| Lipid | Fats and oils. | | Organic | An organic substance contains *carbon*, and can be degraded. | | Essential nutrient | A nutrient is considered *essential* if it *must* be supplied by food, because the body cannot create it in sufficient quantities. If an essential nutrient is missing, it results in a *deficiency disease*. | | Deficiency disease | A deficiency disease occurs when an essential nutrient is missing. Examples include anemia (iron) and scurvy (vitamin c) |