Nutrition

Discussion In groups, please discuss: What should you do to be healthy? Specifically, what should you eat? What should you not eat?

Questions How many times a week should you exercise? How many servings of vegetables or fruits should you eat a day? How many servings of meat should you eat a day? How many servings of dairy should you eat a day?

Answers You should exercise 3-5 times a week Either 150 minutes (2.5 hours) of moderate activity or 90 minutes (1.5 hours) of intense activity You should eat 2 servings of fruit a day A serving of fruit is 1 cup/150 grams (like 1 apple) You should eat 5 servings of vegetables a day A serving of vegetables is ½ cup/75 grams You should eat 2-3 servings of meat a day A servings of meat is You should eat 2-3 servings of dairy a day A serving of dairy is 1 cup

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Nutritional Problems Underweight (adj/noun): unusually/unhealthily low weight (normally caused by lack of food) Overweight (adj/noun): unusually/unhealthily high weight Obese (adj)/obesity (noun): significantly overweight Stunting (noun): when a person is unusually short or small for their age (normally caused by under-nutrition) Under-nutrition (noun): when a person receives enough food, but not enough nutrition. This can affect height, weight, the immune system, and general health Malnutrition (noun): when a person receives singificantly not enough nutrition. It is normally caused by lack of food and can result in death Double burden (phrase): when a person or society has two seemingly opposite problems at the same time Food insecurity (noun): when a person does not have continued/promised access to enough high quality food

Reading Please read the article, published by the World Bank, called “Mongolia: Nutrition at a Glace” Try to find the answers to the following questions: What percentage of Mongolian children are underweight? What percentage of Mongolian children experience stunting? What percentage of Mongolian adults are overweight? What percentage of Mongolian households are food insecure?

Important Points “Low birth-weight infants and stunted children may be at greater risk of chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart disease than children who start out well nourished” Undernourished children who fall sick are much more likely to die from illness than well nourished children” “The adoption of diets high in refined carbohydrates, animal protein and saturated fats, and sugars, combined with a more sedentary lifestyle, are commonly cited as the major contributors to the increase in overweight and chronic diseases” “Achieving food security means ensuring quality and continuity of food access, in addition to quantity, for all household members.”

Resolutions New Year’s Resolution: A New Year's resolution is a secular tradition, most common in the Western Hemisphere but also found in the Eastern Hemisphere, in which a person makes a promise to do an act of self-improvement or something slightly nice, such as opening doors for people beginning from New Year's Day. Writing: What New Year’s resolution can you make this New Year to make you, your family, your children or your parents healthier in 2015?