Benefits of Nutrition Intervention for Healthy Living

Abstract

Nutrition intervention is purposeful planned actions intended to positively change a nutritional -related behavior, environmental condition, or aspect of health status for an individual, target group or the community at large. The purpose of nutrition intervention is to resolve or improve the nutritional diagnosis or nutritional problem by provision of advice, education, or delivery of food, component of a specific diet or meal plan tailored to the patient/ clients. Nutritional is concerned primarily with the part played by nutrients in the body growth, development and maintenance of body tissue. Nutrition is the study of nutrients in food, how the body uses them and the relationship between diet, health and disease. This paper focused on how people can use dietary choices to reduce the risk of disease, classification of foods, what constitute healthy diet and tips for maintaining good health, basis for nutrition intervention and how to determine nutrition intervention. This paper concluded that nutrition intervention is needed to reduce morbidity and mortality through dietary changes which can be achieved through eating balance diet that is appropriate for one’s body. This study therefore recommended that nutrition intervention should start early in one’s life for a healthy living and appropriate diagnosis should be made before embarking on nutrition intervention under the guidance of a professional.