Health promotion, as one of the major professional objectives of health care, encompasses a variety of interventions and activities potentially influencing people’s physical and mental health. Thus, while some people overlook the significance of their behavioral patterns and habits, health professionals are to make sure that they raise awareness of these notions’ possible outcomes for well-being. One of the major aspects of health promotion concerns the patterns of nutrition, as there is a tendency of miscomprehending their impact on health.
Indeed, individuals still believe that nutrition is solely correlated with their appearance and amount of body fat. However, researchers claim that the ignorance of healthy nutrition eventually results in cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and cancer (Ordovas, Ferguson, Tai, & Mathers, 2018). While averting health care crises, it is imperative for the practitioners to recognize both socio-economic and cultural nutrition peculiarities, as general recommendations tend to omit some crucial contributions such as cultural predisposition for certain nutrients. The issue of nutrition is especially relevant for the centers of emerging populations, as the rapid growth of people tends to limit access to proper nutrition due to economic underpinnings (Stover, James, Krook, & Garza, 2018). As a result, many people struggle with access to proper food and put their health at risk of chronic condition emergence.
Any deviation from the established nutrition norms deals with the body’s inability to digest the nutrients properly, creating a health hazard for the patient. For example, nutrition deficiency inevitably leads to such health conditions as malnutrition, during which people fail to receive the proper vitamin dosage to stay immune to external threats. Nutritional excess, in its turn, results in obesity and emergence of such chronic diseases as diabetes and arrhythmia. As a result, it is vital for nurses and practitioners to develop a system of personalized nutrition recommendations that take into account one’s socio-cultural specifics and health condition predispositions.
References
Ordovas, J. M., Ferguson, L. R., Tai, E. S., & Mathers, J. C. (2018). “Personalised” nutrition and health. BMJ, 361. Web.
Stover, P. J., James, W. P. T., Krook, A., & Garza, C. (2018). Emerging concepts on the role of epigenetics in the relationships between nutrition and health. Journal of Internal Medicine, 284(1), 37-49. Web.