Essay on Nutrition and Health:

The school age is an important stage of learning knowledge and growing body, but also an important period of formation of good eating habits, this stage of mastery of a certain nutritional knowledge, the formation of a good diet, for the promotion of growth and development to ensure that the body healthy and of great significance. Especially for contemporary college students, the times give us the mission that we must have a healthy body, with the vigor of young people, in order to become a pillar of the country, then, pay attention to self, pay attention to diet and nutrition, pay attention to the health of the problem we can not be ignored.

One, the nutritional status of college students

Currently, college students due to high tuition, other expenses increase, and accompanied by poor eating habits, such as not eating breakfast, picky eaters, partiality, usually save to Sunday full meal, resulting in college students are generally malnourished.

The role of rational nutrition in promoting college students' health and learning

Reasonable nutrition has a close relationship with the growth and development of human beings, the ability to work, prolonging life and the prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of diseases.

1, reasonable nutrition can promote physical development

Food is the most important material basis for the growth and development of college students. The growth and development of the organism, life activities and mental and physical labor, are dependent on the body's material metabolism, the body in the process of material metabolism must continue to take a certain amount of food from the outside world, in order to promote growth and development, strengthen the body, increase the immune function, prevention of disease, improve work efficiency and athletic ability.

Reasonable nutrition means that the body is able to consume all the nutrients necessary to maintain good health, and the proportion of various nutrients is in line with the human body. Nutrient deficiencies, or unbalanced intake of various nutrients, dietary structure is not reasonable, will not only cause growth retardation, but also lead to a variety of acute and chronic malnutrition and a variety of nutritional deficiencies. Therefore, rational nutrition and dietary balance can better promote the healthy growth of college students.

2, reasonable nutrition can improve memory and improve learning efficiency

Reasonable nutrition, can improve the activity of the human brain, enhance the ability to calculate, memory, judgment, action and vision. The brain is the most active organ in the human body, although its weight is only about 2% of the human body, but the energy consumed by the brain accounts for 20% of the total energy consumption of the whole body. Therefore, rational nutrition has an important role in brain health.

Three, college students healthy dietary principles

①food variety, cereal-based; ② eat more vegetables, fruits and potatoes; ③ eat dairy, beans or their products every day; ④ often eat the right amount of fish, poultry, eggs, lean meat, less fat and meat and oil; ⑤ amount of food and physical activity should be balanced to maintain a suitable body weight; ⑥ eat a light diet with less salt; ⑦ such as alcohol should be limited; ⑧ eat clean and hygienic, do not The first thing you need to do is to get a good meal, and then you'll be able to get a good meal.

Four, countermeasures and recommendations

1, in the school to promote nutritional packages

Speaking of nutritional packages, the cafeteria is the main place for students to eat. Students at school, I think when it comes to nutrition should vigorously promote nutritional packages. The main reason is that many people still do not know or do not have the time to understand how much nutritional knowledge, so it is necessary to play a subtle role through the dietitian on the nutritional meal preparation. At the same time, we also need to consider the needs of taste and price, through the matching combination of breakfast can reduce the transaction time, easy to carry, and improve the breakfast dining rate.

2, increase the flavor of the cafeteria meals

The cafeteria meals diversified tastes, to meet the tastes of students in different areas, students will be happy to eat in the cafeteria, the nutritional status of students can be improved.

3, food diversity, cereal-based, coarse and fine

Cereal food is the main body of the traditional Chinese diet, is the main source of energy. Cereals include rice, noodles, and mixed grains, which mainly provide carbohydrates, protein, dietary fiber, and B vitamins. Insisting on cereals as the mainstay is to maintain the good tradition of Chinese diets and avoid the disadvantages of high-energy, high-fat and low-carbohydrate diets. In addition, pay attention to the coarse and fine combination, often eat some coarse and fine, mixed grains and so on. Rice, wheat do not grind too fine, otherwise the surface layer of the grain contains vitamins, minerals and other nutrients and dietary fiber most of the loss to the bran.

4, eat more fruit, potatoes and dark vegetables, it is recommended that an apple a day

Vegetables and fruits are rich in vitamins, minerals and dietary fiber. Especially potatoes are rich in starch, dietary fiber, and a variety of vitamins and minerals. Diets rich in vegetables, fruits and potatoes play a very important role in maintaining cardiovascular health and enhancing disease resistance.

5, often eat matters of livestock, fish and lean meat

Fish, poultry, eggs, lean meat and other animal food is a good source of high-quality protein, fat-soluble vitamins and minerals. The amino acid composition of animal protein is more suitable for the human body needs, and lysine content is higher, is conducive to replenish the plant protein lysine in the foot. Chicken, fish, rabbit, beef and other animal foods contain high protein, low fat, and produce far less energy than pork. These foods should be strongly advocated to eat, appropriate to reduce the proportion of pork consumption.

5, appropriate snacks, eat less convenience food, do not eat barbecue, limit late-night snacks

If the night energy is not enough that hunger, should be supplemented with easy-to-digest foods such as congee, bread, etc., you can also add a small amount of fruit and milk, eat less instant noodles.

V. Conclusion

College students as a group of outstanding young people, is the future of the motherland, is the hope of the nation, the level of their quality will have a direct impact on the future development of our country. Nutrition is the material foundation of high-quality talents, college students have a healthy dietary behavior and good nutritional status, is the necessary prerequisite and foundation for adapting to future social competition. Therefore, it is an important responsibility to pay attention to the nutrition and health of college students!