Nutrition, Body Composition, & Weight Control Overview

Introduction

An apple a day keeps the doctor away!

Good nutrition is important for everyone. Knowledge about proper nutrition has many benefits. Everything that a person wants to do or be is affected by nutrition. Proper nutrition will provide you energy to be physically active, study hard, and do well with mental tasks. Nutrition can also help with your skin, hair and contributes to both short-term and long-term health. Nutrition has a direct relationship to many of the major health concerns, such as cardiovascular disease, cancer and diabetes.

In this module, you will learn about the importance of proper nutrition, and how to plan a balanced diet using MyPlate. Also, the information that you learn will enable you to become informed consumers of diet and body composition and body image information.

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In this module, we will study the following topics:

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