Eco Nutri

1. Week 2

2. 2
Nutrition
Health
Society
Economy
Environment

3. Environment (climate, farming practices, food
production, imports, exports, quality of food
produced)
Society (culture, food choices, habits or behaviors,
cooking methods, feeding practices etc.)
Health (lifestyle practices, food use patterns)
Economy (salaries, poverty, employment etc.).
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4. It involves a holistic approach
It focuses on the links in the nutrition system
It aims at achieving sustainability
Nutrition Ecology was formulated by nutritionist
at the Gissen University in Germany in 1986
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5. Eco nutrition-describes the relationship between food,
human health, environment
Eco-nutrition limits itself to studying the interactions
between nutrition and the environment
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6. Ecology of Nutrition-emphasizes foods and food
systems not only in terms of their utilization to
satisfy human nutritional needs and health , but
also to promote and contest social and cultural
identity
Ecology of nutrition is restricted to the study of the
eating habits of indigenous populations.
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7. Nutritional ecology taps into a wide range of fields
such:
• Ecology
• Nutrition
• Behavior
• Morphology
• Physiology
• Life history
• Evolutionary biology
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9. Production
Harvesting
Processing ,preservation packaging
Storage
Transport, trade distribution
Preparation
Consumption
Disposal of waste materials 9

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11. 1. List the ingredients in a recent meal you ate.
2. What activities are involved in getting these ingredients
to our plates? For example, how are the raw ingredients
transformed into something we could eat?
3. Who are the people involved at each step?
4. Which resources are involved in each activity?
5. What are the effects of each activity on health, society,
and the environment and economy
6. What are some factors that influence each activity?
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12. APPLE SUPPLY CHAIN
 Adapted, with permission, from Discovering the Food System. www.hort.cornell.edu/foodsys/.
Photo credit: Apple and Pear Australia Ltd. Flickr. Creative Commons CC-BY 2.0.
Composting
Discarded apples can be
composted and used to
help more apples grow
Disposing
Throughout the life cycle,
some apples and parts of
apples are discarded
Consuming
Apples are eaten
Preparing
Apples can be eaten
whole, added to salads,
cooked in pies, etc.
Retailing
Apples are sold in a
variety of stores
Packaging
depends on how the
apples are processed, if
at all
Processing
Some apples may be
canned or made into
applesauce, pie filling, etc.
Distributing
Apples are transported up
to thousands of miles in
refrigerated trucks
Packing
Apples are sorted and
packed into 40-pound
cartons
Washing,
grading, waxing
A wax coating helps
keep apples crisp
Harvesting
Apples are picked by
hand
Growing
Apples grow on trees
in orchards

13. The components of the food chain are those
involved in the process of food production and
consumption.
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