Tamberly Powell, MS, RD

Lane Community College

Nutrition for Optimal Health and Disease Prevention

• Define heart disease, hypertension, and diabetes.
• List dietary and other lifestyle factors that can contribute to the development of heart disease, hypertension, and diabetes.
• Name dietary and other lifestyle modifications that can be made to prevent heart disease, hypertension, and diabetes.

Instructional Resources:

• National Heart, Blood and Lung Institute. Explore Coronary Heart Disease. Retrieved from http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov

Hypertension-
 

• Video: Blood Pressure Retrieved from http://www.nlm.nih.gov

• Schaeffer, J. (2012, January). Eat to Lower Blood Pressure. Today's Dietitian, pg. 18-21. Retrieved from http://viewer.zmags.com

• Satter, E. (2010). Appendix O: Sodium in Your Diet In Secrets of Feeding a Healthy Family (pp. 287-288).

Diabetes-
 

 

Preparation Questions:

Answer the following questions while viewing the online instructional resources:

Heart Disease-
 
1. Define coronary heart disease.
2. Define atherosclerosis.
3. Name 3 other names for coronary heart disease.
4. What causes heart disease?
5. List the risk factors for heart disease.
6. Of the risk factors listed above, which ones can we control through behavioral modifications?
7. How can heart disease be prevented?
8. A heart healthy diet should include which types of foods?
9. A heart healthy diet is low in which nutrients?
10. Why is fish important to a heart healthy diet?
11. How might soy protein be a food for heart health?
12. Is a heart healthy diet important for children?

Hypertension-

1. What is high blood pressure?
2. What signs and symptoms does high blood pressure have?
3. What kind of consequences does high blood pressure have?
4. What are the lifestyle modifications needed to treat high blood pressure?
5. What foods does the DASH meal plan focus on?
6. What foods does the DASH meal plan limit?
7. Beside sodium, what other minerals may help lower blood pressure?
8. What other type of foods may help lower blood pressure?
9. Do all experts agree that lowering sodium is a good strategy to lowering blood pressure? Why or why not?
    

Diabetes-

1. What is type 2 diabetes defined as?
2. What does the hormone insulin do?
3. How do blood glucose levels get too high in the body?
4. What is the difference between type 1 and type 2 diabetes?
5. What are the complications of increased blood glucose levels?
6. Why is diabetes so dangerous?
7. What are the risk factors for developing type 2 diabetes?
8. What are the symptoms of type 2 diabetes?
9. How can type 2 diabetes be prevented?