Food Related Health Concerns

Objectives

Identify factors that influence food intake behaviors.Understand the physical body shape is inherited.Analyze personal food intake using the Food Guide Pyramid.Determine healthy weight.Define Obesity and the health concerns that it can contribute to.Explain the energy balance equation.Calculate how physically fit you are.

Attitude Survey

My habits and beliefs about food.

1. I eat the foods I do because:a. my mother makes meb. I try to eat a balanced diet

c. my friends eat like I dod. they are the only foods in the house

2. When I have a choice I prefer to drink:a. soda e. waterb. coffee f. juicec. milk g. whatever is handyd. tea

3. If I have a choice of a snack, I prefer to:a. make a sandwichb. eat some fruitc. eat chips and a sodad. eat some candy

Attitude Survey

4. I feel the major cause of poor nutrition is:a. unhealthy eating habits b. not knowing about health and nutrition c. radio and T.V. advertising d. being poor

5. I feel that I am too:a. heavyb. thinc. just right for my height.

6. I often snack on “junk” food:a. once a dayb. two-three times a day c. more than three times

7. I believe the most import food in a person’s diet is:a. meatb. dessertsc. breadsd. fruite. salads

8. I believe that generally:a. older people need to be conscientious of their diet.b. children under two need to eat healthful foodsc. growing teens need to eat the most balanced dietd. people of all ages need to eat a balanced diet

Do you agree or disagree?

9. By staying physically active, a person will not become overweight.

10. If a person takes vitamin pills he does not have to eat a balance diet.

11. Television usually influences the way I eat.

12. Eating lots of meat will keep a person healthy.

13. It has been proven that even a moderate amount of salt is bad for the body.

14. If a person is not overweight he/she does not have to watch the fats (eggs, butter, cream, & meats).

15. A burger, fries and a soft drink is balanced meal.

Analyze our statements and answer the following questions:

16.Do you feel you have fairly good eating habits? Why or why not?

17.Did you feel confident that you were answering all the questions correctly?

Food for more than hunger!Do you eat when…

When see others eat? When

watching TVWhen Angry.

At parties

When talking on the telephone?

At ballgames and movies?

When you see attractive foods?

Before going

to bed?

When you smell food?

After school or work?

Before and between meals?

When you feel

pressured?When bored or lonely?When

stressed?

When with friends?

When anxious or worried?

When tired.

When reading or studying?

Physical Body Characteristics are inherited; Cannot change body portions.

• Learn to accept inherited shape and maintaining a healthy weight will influence overall lifetime health.

One General Rule To Determine Healthy Weight

• Men – 106 lbs for 5 ft. Add 6 lbs. For each additional inch.

Example 5’10” = 166 lbs. General Range 150 – 183 lbs.

• Women – 100 lbs. for 5 ft. and add 5 lbs for each additional inch.

Example 5’5” = 125 lbs. General range 112-138 lbs.

(range equals plus 10% and minus 10%)

Follow these directions:

• Take sitting pulse for 15 seconds.

• Write down pulse number.

• Run the stairs!– go up one side and down the other as quickly

as you can– 5 minutes

• Take post-exercise pulse for 15 seconds

• Write down pulse number.

• Drink break – use the drinking fountain!!

What Influences Your Food Choices?

Physical Influences

Cultural Influences

Psychological Influences

Social Influence

Food Preferences Food Availability

Survival Hunger

Appetite Senses

Ethnics Holiday Customs Religion Background

Emotional Attitudes Aesthetics Creativity

Family Peers Others

Likes and Dislikes Climate and Terrain Government Policy Transportation Technology

Obesity

• Obesity is defined as 20% above normal weight range for a person’s gender, height, and frame.

• Obesity is associated with the following health concerns –Stroke, Adult-onset diabetes, heart disease.

• Inactivity and/or under-activity is probably the most important single contributor to obesity in the U.S.

• Another contributor to obesity is the larger portion of foods. (ex. Super size)

Energy balance equation

Calories in (consumed) vs. calories out (used)

Calories In What I Eat

Calories Out What I Do

• General people tend to underestimate their daily food/calorie intake and overestimate their calorie output (exercise)

• 3,500 calories = l lb.

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Recommendation for Weight Loss• Cut calories a little and increase exercise• Maximum weight loss per week is 1-2 lbs.• Skipping meals is not a good way to lose

weight• Breakfast is the most important meal of

the day.• Weight loss should include:

– Eating a variety of foods, including all the groups from the MyPyramid.gov.

– Carbohydrates, proteins, and fats– Eating at regular intervals; avoid skipping

meals

Successful Weight Loss Through Behavior Modification

• Set realistic goals

• Develop new eating habits/change old ones.

• Increase exercise; finding something you enjoy will increase the chances of staying active.

• Eat a variety of foods; include all the groups from the MyPyramid.gov.

Gaining Weight

• Eat larger portions of nutrient dense foods

• Eat regular meals

• Add nutritious snacks between meals

• Avoid high-sugar and high-fat snacks

Avoid Fad Diets

• Very low calories (1,000 calories or less per day)

• Diets based upon limited foods or a single food

• Plans that promise quick weight loss (over 2 lbs. Per week)

• High-protein, low carbohydrate diets• Diet pills• Fasting – going without food

YO-YO Dieting

• Lose weight, gain weight, lose weight

• Cycle of body weight going up and down

• Hard on the body and may have harmful long-range health effects