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Nutrition During the Teen Years. Ch 5 Lesson 1. Importance of Good Nutrition. Enhance Quality of Life/ Prevent Disease Provides Calories and Nutrients your body needs Calories- units of heat that measure energy used by the body and the energy that foods supply to the body - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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CH 5 LESSON 1
Nutrition During the Teen Years
Importance of Good Nutrition
Enhance Quality of Life/ Prevent DiseaseProvides Calories and Nutrients your body
needs Calories- units of heat that measure energy used by
the body and the energy that foods supply to the body You need calories….think of food as fuel!!
Nutrients- substances in food that your body needs to grow, to repair itself, and to supply you with energy
Influences on Food Choices
Why do you think you choose the foods that you do?
VS
Hunger and Appetite
Hunger- is a natural physical drive that protects you from starvation Walls of stomach contract and stretch influencing
nerve endings….hunger/fullAppetite- a desire, rather than a need to eat
Something smells good Being social Examples?
Food and Emotions
Food can be used to meet emotional needs Sad, frustrated, angry, happy People may eat more or less depending on each
person Examples of emotional eating?
Using food to soothe emotions can be very detrimental to health Negative eating cycle
Eat because sad….sad because eating
Food and Your Environment
Family, Friends and Peers Examples??
Cultural and Ethnic background Traditional foods Certain ethnic foods
Convenience and Cost What is available What is cheap
Advertising What looks good on TV?
Nutrition throughout the lifespan
Adolescence is your fastest period of growth…nutrition very important for proper growth
Healthful balanced eating plan also helps prevent unhealthful weight gain, obesity, and type 2 diabetes
Healthy choices now lowers your risk of developing many life-threatening conditions as you get older; heart disease, stroke, cancers, and osteoporosis