Hygeia

by Bruce Bischof Author

Unless it has been spoiled, the young child is endowed with an instinctual sense of healthy nutrition. However, this instinctual wisdom goes away as a child enters into puberty. Hence, the importance of the study of nutrition and the physiological processes associated with the substances that enter our body. This study gets right into the nitty-gritty of the topics of obesity, bulimia and anorexia as well as the effects of taking smoke into one’s lungs. The circulatory system, respiratory system and digestive system are studied in relationship to the substances we ingest.