Food is one the most essential needs to our daily life.

According to Rogers (2018), Food,

substance consisting essentially of protein, carbohydrate, fat, and other nutrients used in
the body of an organism to sustain growth and vital processes and to furnish energy. The
absorption and utilization of food by the body is fundamental to nutrition and is facilitated by
digestion. Plants, which convert solar energy to food by photosynthesis, are the primary
food source. Animals that feed on plants often serve as sources of food for other animals.

To learn more about the sequence of transfers of matter and energy in the form of food from
organism to organism, see food chain. Hunting and gathering, horticulture, pastoralism, and
the development of agriculture are the primary means by which humans have adapted to
their environments to feed themselves. Food has long served as a carrier of culture in
human societies and has been a driving force for globalization. This was especially the case
during the early phases of European trade and colonial expansion, when foods such as the
hot red pepper, corn (maize), and sweet potatoes spread throughout Europe to Africa and
Asia.
Food is treated in a number of articles. For a description of the processes of absorption and
utilization of food, see nutrition; nutrition, human; digestion; and digestive system, human.
For information on the methods used to prepare raw foods for cooking, consumption, or
storage, see food preservation.
Focus on Fruits and Vegetables
Fruits and vegetables are the key to a healthy sedentary diet because they're packed with
nutrition while also being very low in calories. Most fruits and vegetables are high in fiber,
which keeps you feeling full. Fighting hunger is important in sticking to a low-calorie diet,
because if you're not sedentary by choice, frustration can lead to stress eating at the first
sign of a hunger pang.
If you have fruit for breakfast, a large mixed salad for lunch and at least two vegetables of
different colors for dinner, you can eat three full meals every day while staying within your
target calorie range.

Pick the Perfect Proteins

Even if you're not exercising, your muscles still need protein. Choose lean protein such as
chicken, turkey, seafood and lean cuts of beef or pork. Grilling or broiling is the healthiest
way to cook meats and fish. Aside from protein, seafood offers essential fatty acids that can
help reduce your cholesterol levels by increasing the high-density lipoproteins, or HDLs, in
your blood. Proteins take longer than carbohydrates to digest, so they can also help you feel
full longer.
Add nonfat or low-fat dairy, such as yogurt, to your breakfast fruit for a sweet and filling start
to your day. Add protein to your lunch salad in the form of chicken, shrimp, tuna or a hard-
boiled egg, and have a 4-ounce portion of chicken, fish or meat with your dinner vegetables.

Be Careful with Carbohydrates

Carbohydrates are the land mines on almost every dieter's path. They're delicious, soothing
and versatile, and they're not bad for you as long as you choose the right type. Avoid empty
starchy carbs like white rice, white bread, white-flour pasta, cake, cookies, crackers and all
mass-produced snack foods. The processed flour and refined sugars in these foods cause a
sudden spike in your blood sugar, which calls for an insulin response. Once the sugar has
been scrubbed from your bloodstream by the insulin, your brain may signal hunger, and
you'll want another helping or a second snack.
Consider oatmeal or granola for a filling and hearty breakfast, or have a slice or two of
dense, whole-grain toast topped with cottage cheese and a drizzle of honey. Use whole
grains such as brown or wild rice, quinoa, oatmeal, barley, bulgur and buckwheat to add a
little fiber and crunch to your lunch salad. Choose whole-wheat pasta or experiment with
spiraled vegetables or spaghetti squash if you're craving a pasta dinner.

Select Scrumptious Seasonings

You're far more likely to abandon a healthy diet if it doesn't taste good, so don't forget to
experiment with seasonings. To reduce your risk of water retention, avoid salt if you can.
Lemon juice goes with almost anything and adds a bit of vitamin C. Cinnamon and honey
liven up most breakfast grains. Whisk together olive oil, white vinegar, lemon juice, salt and
pepper for a quick, simple and delicious salad dressing. Try the classic combination of
parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme on any type of protein, such as chicken, fish, beef or
pork.

Control Your Calorie Count

How many calories you can take in while not exercising depends on other factors such as
your age, weight and general level of fitness. As a rule, you shouldn't drop below 1,000 to
1,200 calories if you're a woman and 1,200 to 1,500 calories if you're a man.

Link: https://www.britannica.com/topic/food
https://healthyeating.sfgate.com/good-diet-sedentary-lifestyle-3007.html
Sedentary behavior was assessed based on the following information: the number of
television sets at home, the time spent in front of a screen (television, computer, or video
games and the type of transportation used to go from home to school on an ordinary
weekday. Civilization has produced lifestyle changes currently, people ingest more calories
than are expended, resulting in obesity. This study assessed the association between
dietary habits, physical activities, and sedentary behaviors and the risk of obesity.

According to Chandler (2018), Being sedentary is the least healthy way to live, but
sometimes you aren't given a choice. Injury, illness, recovery or bed rest for high-risk
pregnancy can sideline you when you don't really want to be benched. That doesn't mean
you have to watch helplessly as the pounds pile on. Sticking to a plant-based diet with lean
protein, whole grains and healthy fats can keep you full without filling you out.

Sedentary behavior and a low physical activity level are risk factors for major chronic
diseases such as obesity and type 2 diabetes, cardiometabolic risk, and mortality. In
contrast, regular physical activity and fitness has been shown to improve health and
decrease the risk of chronic diseases, frailty, disability, falls, and mortality. Simultaneously
sedentary behaviors that involve activities with a very low energy expenditure (1.0–1.8
metabolic equivalents), performed mainly in a sitting or supine position, were found to be
associated with the consumption of unhealthy foods in youth and in adults, and were linked
to an increase in obesity as well as to the higher probability of developing chronic diseases 

The available evidence for the existence of associations between dietary habits, sedentary
behaviors, and physical activity is quite strong for children and adolescents, but still limited
for adults. Moreover, previous studies focused solely on television viewing, which is only
one domain of sedentary behavior. Other domains have to date been rarely associated with
dietary patterns reflecting the complexity of dietary behaviors. In contrast to particular
dietary characteristics, that is, foods and/or nutrients, DPs represent the whole diet.

Knowing the associations between DPs and domain-specific sedentary behaviors is needed
to better define a healthy lifestyle and its determinants and target at-risk groups in education
programs. To address the gaps in the evidence, the aim of this study was to assess the
association of dietary patterns with sedentary behaviors and physical activity, derived from a
self-reported questionnaire carried out in a representative sample of the Polish population.
The diagnosis of this relationship is justified from the perspective of disease prevention.

Link: https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-015-1491-1#Sec1
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6115718/
The role of Information to the Users

Social media is no longer optional. In order to engage with peoples on the platforms they
use the most, social networking and advertising are critical components of the overarching
digital marketing strategy. 

Social media opens up many opportunities for health systems. It allows organizations to
build connections, share discoveries, and develop credibility as thought leaders. Through
platforms like Twitter and Facebook, physicians and health systems are able to share
relevant health alerts, receive people’s feedback, and bolster their brand with a focus on
creating trust. By communicating with patients online, hospitals and physicians establish the
foundation for a positive relationship. In addition to this, precisely targeted ads via social
media platforms assist in personalized patient outreach.

According to a 2018 study, 80 percent of U.S. Internet users have searched for health
information online, and 60 percent of social media users trust social media posts by doctors
over any other group. By engaging and interacting on the social platforms that their patients
frequent, health systems can revitalize their word-of-mouth referrals, improve
communication, and provide better care by ensuring that patients continuously engage with
the health system.

There’s no question that people’s use the Internet to take control of their own health. Health
systems need to step up their social media strategy to reach target audiences, boost patient
engagement, and improve health outcomes. Although health systems must overcome
challenges around privacy, time constraints, and professionalism, social media offers too
many benefits for health systems to ignore. 

According to American Psychological Association (2020) Investigate the effects of pro-

nutrition TV programming on kindergarten-age children's nutritional knowledge, food
preferences, and eating habits using a hierarchy of effects model as a conceptual basis.
This model presents 4 levels (recall, information, preference, and behavior) that may be
affected by pro-nutrition food advertisements and are sequenced by degree of complexity. A
pretest–posttest control-group design was used. 59 children from 6 kindergarten classes
(average age 6.2 yrs.) were exposed to a series of 10 20-min videotapes over 10 class
days. The videotapes were compiled from popular children's programming and public
service announcements with themes stressing healthy eating habits and nutritional
concepts. 50 control Ss did not view the tapes. Effects were measured using recall,
information, preference, and behavioral assessments (i.e., the Behavioral Eating Test and
the Pretend Eating Test). Significant results were obtained on the recall and information
measures only, indicating that Ss attended to the TV programming and learned the nutrition
concepts that were presented in the tapes but failed to change in terms of preference or
consumption. Results are discussed in terms of their suggested support for the hierarchy-of-
effects model and the implications for further research regarding the effects of pro-nutritional
TV programming.
According to Springer Nature Switzerland AG. Part of Springer Nature (2019)  To establish
factors that affect food choices among adolescents living in rural areas and to identify their
food choices. 

 Food consumption was assessed by a semi-quantitative food-frequency questionnaire

and adherence to the Mediterranean diet was evaluated using the KIDMED questionnaire.
Information was collected regarding self-perceived body size, dieting, dietary knowledge,
parental control, meal and snack frequency, eating out of home, eating takeaways and
precooked meals, eating from the school canteen. RESULTS: Body image concerns,
dieting, education about food, parental control, maternal education level and eating with
family and peers are factors that were found to affect food choices in this group of Greek
adolescents. The adherence to the Mediterranean diet was low

 Regular family meals at home were frequent in this group and 99% of the adolescents ate
lunch daily at home. Eating out with peers and eating from the school canteen was related
with higher consumption of ‘junk type of food’. Girls and younger adolescents and those
whose mothers had a higher education level seem to make healthier choices.
CONCLUSIONS: Factors such as personal issues, family and peer pressure significantly
affect food choices among adolescents living in a Greek rural area and highlight the
importance of implementing multilevel strategies to promote healthy eating among
adolescents.

According to  Kim Kyung A  and Lee Yeon Kyung (1370) The purpose of this study was to
conduct nutrition education using animations for the establishment of proper eating habits
among elementary school students and to evaluate its effectiveness. The subjects of this
study were two classes of fourth grade students in an elementary school located in Daegu-
city. There were 29 students in each class. One class, the "nutrition-education" group,
received nutrition education; the other class, the "no-education" group, did not receive the
education. After completing the eight nutrition lessons, the effectiveness of the education
was analyzed by measuring changes in the nutrition knowledge, eating habits and food
preferences of the nutrition-education group vs. the no-education group. Before nutrition
education, there was no significant difference between the two groups in terms of nutrition
knowledge. However, after the nutrition education, the nutrition-education group's nutrition
knowledge was significantly improved, compared to that of the no-education group.
Following education, the nutrition-education group's responses to the "eating habit" item, "I
eat fruits every day," were significantly more positive, compared to the responses of the no-
education group. However, for the ten food groups listed as food preferences, except for
fish and shellfish, there was no significant difference in the responses of the two groups.
Following the education, the nutrition-education group showed significantly increased
preferences for 12 food items (red beans, mackerels, yellow corvinas, dried laver, kelps,
radish, lettuce, pears, kiwi fruits, plums, grapes and sweet drinks made from fermented rice)
out of 112 items, compared to the selected preferences of the no-education group. After
education, 75.9% of the students in the nutrition-education group indicated changes in their
eating habits, and 89.6% of them answered that the nutrition education helped them change
their eating habits. The most helpful medium for changing their eating habits was
animations (31.0%), followed by songs (20.7%) and lectures (17.2%). As a result of this
study, after completing the nutrition education, students in the nutrition-education group
showed significant changes in food preferences, and their level of nutrition knowledge was
significantly increased. However, their eating habits did not actively change. Therefore, in
order to establish proper eating habits, a longer period of consistent education is required,
using various educational media and learning methods such as extracurricular activities and
discretionary activity programs.

Link: https://www.evariant.com/blog/the-evolving-role-of-social-media-in-healthcare
https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1984-09186-001
https://link.springer.com/article/10.14310/horm.2002.1408#enumeration
https://www.cabdirect.org/cabdirect/abstract/20103113552