NUTRITION FOR ADULT NUTRITION GOALS FOR GRANTING AN ADULT

The purpose of nutrition in adults is increasing Helps maintain good health (to maintain nutritional status). Making nutritional state of the body for the better. Slowing the onset of degenerative diseases. To manage all the processes that occur in the body Provides ¬ elements required for tissue cells that wear out.(Example: hair loss, nails, scars, menstruation, etc.).

FACTORS AFFECTING THE NUTRITION IS AN ADULT

STATURE, WEIGHT AND SEX
Effect on a person's nutrition. A man and women need different calories for a day as well as height-weight which is an important factor, especially when taking into account calorie needs.

FACTOR ACTIVITY
The number and type of activity one has to be taken into account because it affects calorie needs.

Soundness
Conditions with various diseases cause the body requires more nutrients and calories. Figures basal metabolism is higher in people who are above the normal temperature so that caloric needs are also greater than the neutral temperature.

CLIMATE
Also influence the nutritional and caloric needs of people living in areas with cold climates use more calories than people who live in hot regions.


ECONOMIC STATUS
One's economic status will affect the purchasing power of food, so the effect on the consumption of food a person who ultimately have an impact on a person's nutritional status.

EATING HABITS
Eating habits will affect the nutrients a person, the person familiar with the restaurant food (contain lots of carbohydrates, fats and cholesterol) tend to have excess of these nutrients that will affect the health conditions later.


Likes and dislikes
One's attitude toward food is heavily influenced by the experience, whether pleasant or not perceived. This leads to individual attitudes can have a nature likes and dislikes about food. Which certainly will affect the person's nutrition.


LEVEL OF EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE
Generally affects a person's level of understanding about nutrition. People have low knowledge economy while choosing foods high in less attention to the nutrition of the food selected.


Religion, Belief and superstition
The food problem is one of the things that belong in religious teachings. Agaman Hindu forbade his eating of beef and religious teachings of Islam forbids Muslims to eat pork. For people who either would be nice if the search for alternative foods that are not banned but good for health, whereas in the case that developed in society is banned pregnant women eat fish because it was feared his blood will smell fishy, ​​but the fish is a high source of protein for pregnant mothers.


PREGNANCY AND BREASTFEEDING
Nutritional needs of pregnant and lactating women is different from the nutritional needs of adult women who are not pregnant and lactating women.
DIET
Diet is meant here is not the diet that we usually hear in the hospital, but a diet that can be done by adults to lose weight. A diet like this will either result if the rules and the ways specified correctly executed. But the damage will have an impact on nutrition if the rules are set not run properly.


ENERGY NEEDS OF EXPOSURE AND NUTRITION FOR ADULTS
Energy-producing substance composed of carbohydrates, fats and proteins.
1 g carbohydrates yield 4 kcal. ¬
1 gram of fat produces 9 kcals ¬.
1 g protein yield 4 kcal. ¬

CALCULATION OF IDEAL BODY WEIGHT
The ideal weight is the weight that best suit your height, sex, age.The healthy fat is known that body weight is above the ideal body weight is still relatively healthy weight. And as for lean healthy body weight is below the ideal weight is still relatively healthy weight. So body weight (BW) has three criteria: healthy:
Fat ¬
Ideal ¬
Thin ¬

The formula weight of adults:
(Appeal Board (TB) cm - 100) - 10% X (Height (TB) cm - 100) kg.

Said to be ideal if ¬ fat> 10% ideal body weight.
Said to be thin ideal if ¬ 10% = 54 kg X 10%
= 5.4
= 54 + 5.4
=> 59.4 Kg it is considered obese.