Nutrition: Making Wise Choices
For a large majority of the population, the food choices made daily, over time, will benefit or impair your overall health. Food choices and habits are very complex and personal issues that reflect preferences developed through association with family and friends, as well as habits developed through one's ethnic heritage, culture, traditions, ethnicity, religion and social interactions. Food is used for celebrations of all aspects of life and therefore can serve as "comfort foods" especially at emotionally stressful times. In the current rushed environment, the availability, convenience and economy of food often sway personal choices. Individuals select foods for a variety of reasons but the diet ingested over time can make a important contributions to health.
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| "The key to a healthy and happy life is maintaining a well balanced diet, along with regular exercise." |
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