Public Nutrition Program Analysis

Thank you, this is Eromosele, I love Grand Canyon UniversityHealthy eating is connected with decreased risk for many diseases and some other leading causes of death like cancer, diabetes, stoke, heart disease and so many others. Nutrition program was thought to be for the poor deloping countries. SNAP played important role in making sure that these developing countries get this food they needed to prevent malnutrition and other preventable disease like diabetes, heart disease and so on. Today, some Americans are faced with the same problem of malnutrition that it is no longer a problem of only developing conuntries. Unhealthy food choices need multidiciplinary approach in fighting off this problems. There is a relationship between healthy eating and chronic diseases, like obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer so, nutrition education is very important in all ages and not only adult, in childhood and adolescence. It helps for proper growth and development and can prevent healthy problems such as obesity, dental caries, iron defiency, and oesteoporosis (CDC, 2013). The three most important point to include in a public nutrition program are weight management, poor diet and physical activity. Weight management acording to the CDC, more than one third of adults in the US are obese. There should be an education …show more content…
This program is available to all the participants, the parents, caretaker of infant/child participants. This nutritional education explains the relationship between nutrition, physical activity, and health, with concentration on the nutritional needs of pregnant, postpartum, and breastfeeding women, infant, and children younger than 5 years. It also teaches about the danger of use of drugs and other harmful substance during pregnancy and breast feeding. It helps children on nutritional risk, improves their healthstates and positive diet change, physical activity habit and prevent nutritional health related