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-INTRODUCTION: Nutrition is the balance between a diet and eating healthy. It is the processes by which food is entering and is used by the body. Focusing on nutrition will provide energy and the nutrients one needs to have a healthy lifestyle.

- NUTRITIONAL GROUPS: The nutritional groups include fruits and vegetables, meats and proteins, grains and dairy. The percentage of each is 30% grains, 30% vegetables, 20% fruits, and 20% protein foods according to MyPlate. DASH (Dietary Guidelines for Americans) states a recommendation of 2,000 calorie diet for adults This can include 2-2.5 cups of fruits and vegetables each, 6-8 ounces of grains with 50% whole grain, 5.5-6 ounces of meats or beans, 2-3 cups of milk (or dairy products), 2-6 teaspoons of oils, and 267 discretionary calories per day. The vegetable group can include dark greens, orange vegetables, legumes, starchy vegetables, or other vegetables.

-NUTRIENTS: A way to obtain the seven major classes would start by drinking plenty of water, eating more fruit, vegetables, and whole grains, limit salt, eating fortified foods or supplements, at most 20-35% of total fat calories, consuming low-fat dairy products, lean meats, poultry, fish and beans

-HUMAN NUTRITION: The positive health outcomes include providing energy and maintaining bodily tissues and functions. It can be important throughout a pregnancy and in childhood to prevent any growth complications. There can be a lower risk or prevention of dental caries, iron-deficiency, osteoporosis, hypertension, heart disease, type 2 diabetes and gestational diabetes and certain types of cancer.

-Chemistry behind nutrition: Biochemistry is an essential aspect of figuring out how nutrition works. This explains how to succeed in sports and also how to live a healthy lifestyle. A big part of how to understand this is by knowing what metabolism is and how it works. It allows operations and regulation of the pathways ignorer to have an ending of nutrition. For example, glucose is mostly eaten as a starch food. Once this starts to pass through the body it generates an enzyme used for the body’s energy, and storage. ATP is also another energy source used for the body. The metabolic functions is what deals with the physically active that defines different risks whether it be a disease or lifestyle.

-pediatric: As years go on, the nutritional status and health of American children and adolescents has begun to decline. Many children are now over the weight they should be and/or obsess. Many aren’t eating the vegetables they should be, have poor diets, not having the right amount of fiber in their diets, eat too many saturated fats, eat too much processed, prepared or junk food, do not drink enough milk, and also eating disorders are starting to increase heavily.