Nutrition for Health: Factors Influencing Food Choices and the Digestive Process, Study notes of Literature

Download Nutrition for Health: Factors Influencing Food Choices and the Digestive Process and more Study notes Literature in PDF only on Docsity! N220 Nutrition for health What influences food choices? • Habit • Convienience • Peers • Family • Culture • Preference • Emotions • Reward • Eating alone vs eating with others Anorexia: need for food, no desire to eat. Different from the psychological disorder anorexia nervosa. Appetite: desire to eat, not physical need Hunger: physical needs for food Hungeringestionsatiation Digestion: • Begins with saliva • Enzymes break down carbohydrate+ kills bacteria • Stomach: secrets acid and enzymes to break down foods • Ulcers: caused by bacteria! • Small Intestine • Composed of three parts • Most of the digestion takes place here • Food remains here for 3-10 hrs • Liver, Pancreases and Gallbladder: Secrete chemicals to help aid with food digestion • Large Intestine: absorption of water and vitamins