WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO EAT RIGHT

Eating right means eating healthy foods, at the right time and right amount of foods. By eating right, your body will stay in a healthy position. In contrast, if you are not eating right you will develop a bad condition called "Malnutrition". Malnutrition can happen when you are not eating enough foods of any kind or of a certain kind of foods or eating too much of foods (leading to obesity). It is more common and dangerous in children, women (esp.pregnancy, breast feeding mother), and elderly persons.

A malnourished child does not grow well both physically and mentally. He generally is thinner and shorter than the other child, and mental retardation. While a malnourished adult seems to develop frequent infection because his immunity is not working properly.

Eating right should provide enough energy for keeping us active and strong, build, repair and protect our body from various types of microorganisms. To do so, we need to eat a combination of healthy foods everyday.

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