Author Question: Describe the changes you would make in your diet if you implemented the Dietary Guidelines for ... (Read 46 times)

kamilo84 · **on:** Aug 20, 2018

Describe the changes you would make in your diet if you implemented the Dietary Guidelines for Americans.

Question 2

Define the term lifestyle disease. Describe how an individual can play a major part in preventing this kind of disease.

Sammyo · **Reply #1 on:** Aug 20, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Balancing calories to manage weight
Foods and food components to reduce
Foods and food nutrients to increase
Building healthy eating patterns

Answer to Question 2

Lifestyle diseases, including some forms of cancer, heart disease, obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke, osteoporosis, and liver disease, are conditions that may be aggravated by modern lifestyles that include too little exercise, poor diets, and excessive drinking and smoking. Lifestyle diseases are also referred to as diseases of affluence.

People may choose to change lifestyle patterns of exercise, diet, and drinking practices to reduce the risks of acquiring these diseases.