Eating well for good health

Eating Well for Good Health, is a learning module designed to explore basic concepts of good nutrition, health and healthy diets. Eating well helps keep us healthy and active and thus improves our enjoyment of life. Good diets and eating habits are fundamental for proper growth and development and for the prevention of disease. Poor diets and poor nutrition can lead to a number of different and very serious health problems. Many of these problems handicap people for their entire lives; some of them lead to death. Learning how to meet our nutritional needs throughout life by making good food choices for a healthful, balanced diet can help us prevent some very debilitating health problems caused by poor nutrition. Eating well for good health requires a basic knowledge of foods and the nutrients they provide and an understanding of our nutritional needs throughout the various stages of life. With this knowledge we can practice good, life-long eating habits that will help us be as healthy as we can be