Resource:Understanding Nutrition- A Nutrition Primer

This primer provides an overview of the major nutrients essential to good health, lists food sources of these nutrients and describes the health implications of nutritional deficiencies. Eating a wide variety of foods needed for growth and maintenance— including protein, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, nutrients and antioxidants—keeps the human body strong and helps prevent disease. Both micronutrients (e.g., vitamins, minerals) and macronutrients (e.g., fats, carbohydrates, protein) are essential. Macronutrients are needed in large amounts for normal growth and development. Micronutrients are needed in very small quantities for normal growth and development. Download full text from “Additional Information” tab.