Chapter 4Nutrition

Lesson 5Body Image andHealthy Weight

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body image The way you see your body

A method for assessing your body size by taking your height and weight into account

body massindex

In this lesson, you will be able to

explain the concept of body image.

determine your Body Mass Index.

state the benefits of having a positive body image.

Predicting

Look over the headings in this

lesson. Then write a question that

you think the lesson will answer.

After the lesson, check to see if

your question was answered.

Headings in this Lesson

• Body Image

• How to Develop a Positive Body Image

• Finding Your Healthy Weight Range

Body Image

Body image can be influenced by the attitudes of family and friends and images from the media.

body image The way you see your body

Trying to change your weight in extreme ways can damage your health and be life threatening.

How to Develop a Positive Body Image

Accept yourself.

Remember that your growth stage affects your body shape.

Set reasonable goals to gain or lose weight.

Finding Your Healthy Weight Range

You feel better when you maintain a healthy weight.

Your healthy weight is not a single weight on the scale but a range.

Finding Your Healthy Weight Range

The Body Mass Index (BMI) can tell you if your weight is within a healthy range.

Body Mass Index A method for assessing your body size by taking your height and weight into account

Finding Your Healthy Weight Range

Calculating BMICalculating BMI

Multiply yourweight in pounds

by 0.45.

Multiply yourheight by inches

by 0.025.Square the result.

Divide your answerin step 1 by the

answer in step 2.

1 2 3

Finding Your Healthy Weight Range

What I Learned

Vocabulary Define Body Mass Index.

Lesson 5 Review

What I Learned

Explain How might growth spurts affect a teen’s weight?

Lesson 5 Review

What I Learned

Identify List the factors that help determine yourhealthy weight.

Lesson 5 Review

Thinking Critically

Analyze How can a positive body image contributeto mental/emotional health?

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Thinking Critically

Apply Glenn has grown several inches this year, buthasn’t gained weight. Now he feels self-conscious about being too thin. What would you tell Glenn topositively influence his body image?

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