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In human nutrition, empty calories are those calories found in foods and beverages (including alcohol) [1] composed primarily or solely of calorie-rich macronutrients such as sugars and fats, but little or no micronutrients, fibre, or protein. [2] Foods composed mostly of empty calories have low nutrient density, meaning few other nutrients ...
Nutrient density identifies the amount of beneficial nutrients in a food product in proportion to e.g. energy content, weight or amount of perceived detrimental nutrients. Terms such as nutrient rich and micronutrient dense refer to similar properties. Several different national and international standards have been developed and are in use ...
Average daily dietary energy consumption per capita in kilojoules [9]; Region 1961 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2018 Africa: 7,680 8,080 8,520 8,800 9,280
A calorie deficit essentially means eating fewer calories than your body burns. In more technical terms, it’s the state in which your energy intake is lower than energy expended.
Human nutrition deals with the provision of essential nutrients in food that are necessary to support human life and good health. [ 1 ] Poor nutrition is a chronic problem often linked to poverty, food security, or a poor understanding of nutritional requirements. [ 2 ]
The calorie is a unit of energy that originated from the caloric theory of heat. [ 1 ][ 2 ] The large calorie, food calorie, dietary calorie, or kilogram calorie is defined as the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of one liter of water by one degree Celsius (or one kelvin). [ 1 ][ 3 ] The small calorie or gram calorie is defined as ...
The geography of food is a field of human geography.It focuses on patterns of food production and consumption on the local to global scale. Tracing these complex patterns helps geographers understand the unequal relationships between developed and developing countries in relation to the innovation, production, transportation, retail and consumption of food.
N. [edit] nadir. narrows. Also narrow. A land or water passage that is confined or restricted by its narrow breadth, often a strait or a water gap. nation. A stable community of people formed on the basis of a common geographic territory, language, economy, ethnicity, or psychological make-up as manifested in a common culture.