HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE

Health and Social Care



Health and Social Care

Principles of health Care

Favorable nutritional status determined by body mass index (weight in kilograms) / (height in meters)

Optimal health index of body mass index equal to 20-25.

The diet should be varied and contain mostly plant foods.

Should be consumed daily for at least 400 grams of fruit and vegetables, including as a garnish.

Meat and dairy products are an important source of protein and micronutrients.

Necessary to control the quality and quantity of food consumed fats. Give preference to vegetable fats.

It should limit the intake of sugar and foods with lots of sugar.

It recommended limiting their salt intake to 6 grams per day.

Should choose to cook methods that do not require oil, grease, salt and sugar.

How to reduce the amount of fat especially saturated:

Choose lean meats, trim visible fat.

Replace red meat with fish, poultry (without skin).

Use vegetable oils for cooking soups, stir-frying instead of fighting or animal fats (tallow).

Reduce consumption of ham, sausage, bacon or entirely abandoned them.

Reduce consumption of cream, sour cream, mayonnaise, oily dressings.

Consume skim milk, buttermilk, yogurt and cheese with low fat content.

Reduce consumption of cakes, biscuits, potato chips, fried potatoes, or completely abandoned them.

Cook by steaming or by baking, boil, or use a microwave instead of frying with added fat.

How to increase your intake of starch and fiber:

Eat more bread, preferring bread from wheat flour with added bran.

There are more boiled, mashed or baked potatoes, legumes (beans, peas, beans, soybeans, lentils), rice, especially brown, which has more fiber.

There is a breakfast cereal of whole grains, without add sugar or salt, or muesli with nuts and dried fruits.

Eat more variety of vegetables, salads and fruit.

How to reduce sugar intake:

If you prefer buying those products in which sugar is the principal component.

Avoid consumption of foods and beverages with high sugar content, such as soft drinks, confectionery and cakes.

Choose fresh, dried or canned fruits without added sugar.

When cooking the sugar used in small amounts, add less sugar in tea, coffee and cereal.

How to reduce salt intake:

Avoid pickles, canned, pickled or smoked products.

When cooking add as little or no salt added at all, instead use spices and herbs.

By eating restrict salt intake at the table (not dosalivat food, remove the salt shaker from the table).

Use the "Salt of the preventive" low in sodium and rich in potassium, magnesium, and iodine.

Without a change in the patient's lifestyle, including food, everything, even the most modern methods of treatment is not the most effective (Mirowksy, 2009). Only an integrated approach, combining prevention and care efforts, provides, in the end, extending and improving the quality of human life. Data report, WHO "World Health Statistics 2010" on key indicators of health system financing in U.K, in 2008:

Expenditure on health - 4.8% of GDP

The share of public spending on health care - 64.3% of the total cost

The share of private expenditure on health - 35.7% of the total cost

The total share of public spending on health - 9.2% of the total annual budget of ...