1. Weight Management

2. Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)
The amount of energy you need for basic functions:
Breathing
Blood circulation
Growing
BMR—the rate at which your body uses energy to stay alive when you are in a rested, fasting state, such as just after you wake up in the morning

3. Calorie Requirements On average Boys require more calories than girls
Active 15 year old boy needs around 3,000 calories
Active 15 year old girl needs 2,300 calories

4. Healthy Fat Healthy amount of fat for young women:
21-33%
Healthy amount of fat for young men:
8-20%
Why do we need fat in our diet??

5. Overweight
Term used to describe a person who is considered heavy for his or her height
Potential dangers:
Type 2 diabetes
Heart disease
High blood pressure
Certain types of cancer

6. Obesity
Condition in which a person has a significant amount of excess body fat.
Considered obese when you are over 20% of your recommended weight range (based on your height)
How do you determine if you are “healthy”, “overweight”, or “obese”?

7. BMI Chart

8. Weight Management How do you calculate BMI?
Weight management is a program of sensible eating and exercise habits that will help keep weight at a healthy level

9. Fad Diet
Many people want that “quick fix” and are willing to spend lots of money for fast results
Fad diets require major changes in eating habits and promise quick results
Examples?
Do fad diets work? Why or why not?

10. Assignment!
Read pgs
Answer questions 1, 2, 3, and 5 on pg. 125
THEN
Complete the Case Study on pg (#1-3)

11. Eating Disorders Anorexia Nervosa Bulimia Nervosa Binge eating Purging
Involves self-starvation, distorted body image, and extremely low body weight
Bulimia Nervosa
Repeatedly eats large amounts of food then uses behaviors such as vomiting or using laxatives to rid the body of the food
Binge eating
Eating large amounts of calories in one sitting
Purging
Involved vomiting or misusing laxatives to rid the body of food

12. Food and Digestive Problems
Heartburn
Caused by stomach acid leaking into the esophagus
Usually caused by over-eating food high in fat
Ulcers
Open sores in lining of stomach or intestines
Caused by a bacterium (Helicobacter Pylori)
Stress can make them worse

13. Food and Digestive Problems
Food allergy
Abnormal response to a food that is triggered by the body’s immune system
Lactose intolerance
Reduced ability to digest milk sugar “lactose”
Causes gas, cramps, and diarrhea
Food-born illness
An illness causes by eating food that contains a toxin or disease-causing microorganism
Examples?
Cross contamination
Transfer of contaminants from one food to another