Nutrition plays a very important role in our lives but very often we take it for granted. While one often focuses on children and older adults, working adults visibly take their food-eating habits for granted as they are met with deadlines and challenges. This National Nutrition Week, health experts share why eating on time is crucial
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Key Highlights
- Due to long working hours it has become difficult to keep the meal routine in check
- Nutrition is crucial as it provides energy and supports cognitive function
- Nutrition differs in men and women as both go through different life processes
When was the last time you ate your meal on time? Yes, it’s a high possibility that we delay our meals every day. Most of us are stuck in the daily grind of our work schedules and in the bargain often forget to eat our meals on time. It is especially a challenge for working adults who are held back by their work. They not only eat a late breakfast or simply skip but even end up eating lunch late or simply missing it again before acidity kicks in and they start feeling sick. It is only then that people actually realise how much they have been taking their meals and thus nutrition for granted. Health experts in Mumbai say all of this can have a lot of side effects on the body starting with energy deprivation, increased stress and irritability and majorly being ‘hangry’, that is hungry and angry.