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Jan 31, 2023 · What is nutrition and why is nutrition important? At the most basic level, nutrition is about eating a regular, balanced diet. Good nutrition helps fuel your body. The foods you eat supply the nutrients your body needs to maintain your brain, muscle, bone, nerves, skin, blood circulation, and immune system.
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Feb 1, 2022 · February 1, 2022. By Matthew Solan, Executive Editor, Harvard Men's Health Watch. The average person could probably recite the recipe for healthy eating: more fruits and vegetables, less red meat and processed foods. It sounds simple enough. Yet Americans still struggle to follow a healthy diet.
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Jan 12, 2023 · Following a healthy diet has many benefits, including building strong bones, protecting the heart, preventing disease, and boosting mood. A healthy diet typically includes...
May 3, 2022 · Why healthy eating matters. Good nutrition is important at every age. Healthy eating can: help you feel good; provide energy and essential nutrients to maintain health; help prevent chronic diseases like heart disease and type 2 diabetes; Many people think healthy eating is challenging because: buying healthy foods can be costly
Jun 29, 2024 · Balance and variety. To meet nutrient needs, it's important to choose a variety of nutrient-dense foods across and within all food groups. Choosing nutrient-dense foods helps you get the nutrients you need without taking in too many calories.
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Key facts. A healthy diet helps to protect against malnutrition in all its forms, as well as noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), including diabetes, heart disease, stroke and cancer. Unhealthy diet and lack of physical activity are leading global risks to health.
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Healthy eating is fundamental to good health and is a key element in healthy human development, from the prenatal and early childhood years to later life stages. Healthy eating is equally important in reducing the risk of many chronic diseases.