Unit 8:

Nutrition &Obesity

“The correct amount of

different things”

“Taking regular

exercise”

“Soup made of stock and lentils with onions carrots and celery”

heavy and fat”Too"

“A condition whereby the

body is not able to regulate

levels of glucose in the blood,

resulting in too much glucose

being present in the blood”

“Is the medical term for a state

produced by a lower than

normal level of blood glucose”

Accused (noun): The person who is said to have

broken a law.

“The time of your life when you are a child”

Inflammation (noun):

A morbid condition of any part of the body, consisting in congestionof the blood vessels, with

obstruction of the blood current, and growth of morbid tissue. It is manifested outwardly by

redness and swelling, attended with heat and pain.

Lethargy (noun) :

The feeling of being very

tired and not having any

energy.

Tobacco(noun) : The substance that people smoke in

cigarettes and pipes (the dried leaves of the tobacco plant).

“Difficult, incomplete, or

infrequent evacuation of dry

hardened feces from the bowels”

Deficiency(noun) :A condition of not having

enough of something.

“An intense desire for some particular thing”

Thin in an attractive way .

Slim (adjective) :

“The condition of being habitually

or compulsively occupied with or

involved in something”

“The type of food you usually eat”

So a Balanced diet:provides for optimal growth and development.

A balanced diet means eating foodfrom all of thefour basic

foodgroups:

The milk group,The meat group,The fruit and vegetable group, and The grain group

Unbalanced diet :causes problems with maintenance of

body tissues, the brain and nervoussystem, and bones and muscles, it can also cause gaining weight and obesity.

“The condition of being very fat, in a way that is not

healthy. When a person’s weight (BMI) is 20% over the normal bodyweight for height

and age, they are considered obese.”

Obesity is a chronic disease.

BMI is :

Body mass index

Treatments for obesity:

Diet, behavior therapy, drugs, surgery.

Other than obesity, there are more eating-related disorders:

•Pica:A conditionparticularly

prevalent in childrenin which they eat things like dirt, wood, hair , and glass.

Bulimia Nervosa:A disorder of eatingtoo much and then the person makes him\her self vomit, plus the use oflaxatives, diuretics, and vigorous exercise.

Laxative :

It’s a medication which is used to movethe bowels, or aiding digestion and

preventingconstipation.

All of these have severe consequences to a person’s health and can even cause

death IF NOT TREATED. Treatment is by going to a

. nutritionistpsychiatric and a

Nutritionist is:

An expert or specialist in nutrition.