Womens Health and Fitness

Nutrition & Health in Women, Children & Adolescent Girls

Nutrition is essential for growth, development, health, and happiness. Eating a nutritious diet can help you avoid illness and death in the future. Leading causes of death among women include coronary heart disease, some types of cancer, stroke, and type 2 diabetes mellitus, all of which are linked to dietary variables. Protein, carbohydrate, and fat in variable proportions, as well as electrolytes, are all essential nutrients. Specific body conditions, such as pregnancy and lactation, our diet, and any existing disorders all alter the essential components of nutrition in females (eg. breast cancer or weakened bones known as osteoporosis). Women are at risk from malnutrition in a variety of ways. It reduces a woman's ability to survive childbirth, makes her more susceptible to infections, and depletes her reserves for recovery. Malnourished HIV-positive moms are more likely to spread the virus to their infants and to progress from HIV to full-blown AIDS more quickly. Women's productivity, ability to create revenue, and ability to care for their family are all harmed by malnutrition.