Nutrition And Other Factors
Nutrition is provided by the healthy food that we consume and the amount of each nutrient to be consumed depends upon the amount of work being done by an individual. This nutritious food provides us with energy required for performance of various activities. The body fails to adhere to our needs when this factor is compromised. The child during conception gets a pair of chromosomes that carry the genetic information of its parents. Blood, air, nose, eyes and all features are determined by this genetic information. The tendency to get infected by certain diseases like obesity, diabetes, etc is influenced by it. The ductless glands or the endocrine glands influence growth to a great extent. Pituitary, Thyroid, Islets of Langerhans, Gonads are some of the major ones. Their hyper (over) secretion and hypo (lower) secretion causes a lot of health problems.
November 30 2009 05:54 am | Health