2. What You Will Do Identify strategies to manage weight.
Explain the role of nutrition and physical activity in weight management.
Analyze diet, exercise, physical activity, and a combination of both as methods of weight control.
Evaluate consumer issues related to physical fitness such as choosing services for weight management.

3. Term to Know
nutrient-dense foods

4. Maintaining a Healthy Body Composition
Now that you have learned to measure and evaluate your weight and body composition, you need to learn how to achieve and maintain a healthy weight and body composition.

5. Healthful Strategies to Manage Weight
These guidelines can help you to improve your eating and manage body weight:
Evaluate your needs
Be realistic
Design a personal plan
Become physically active
Keep track of your progress

6. Nutrition and Physical Activity
To effectively make changes to your weight and body composition, you need to understand the relationship between:
your eating plan, and
your level of physical activity.
Each can be used to control your weight and body composition.

7. Nutrition and Physical Activity
The healthiest and most effective method to lose or gain weight is to combine:
a healthful eating plan, and
a program of regular activity or exercise.

8. Nutrition and Physical Activity
Nutrient-dense foods
Foods that are high in nutrients as compared with their calorie content.
Term to Know
To lose weight:
Adjust your eating plan by reducing calories and consuming nutrient-dense foods.
Increase calorie expenditure through physical exercise.

9. Nutrition and Physical Activity
To gain weight:
Consume more calories while maintaining your physical activity level.
Increase calorie intake by increasing consumption of complex carbohydrates.
Eat more than the minimum number of servings from each food group.
Follow a supervised resistance-training program.

10. Nutrition and Physical Activity
To maintain your weight:
Maintain a healthful eating plan.
Maintain the same amount of calorie intake.
Engage in a moderate level of physical activity.

11. Benefits of Achieving Your Goals
Increase your energy
Increase your self-esteem
Reduce your stress levels
Reduce your risk for developing diseases

12. Vocabulary Define nutrient-dense foods.
Lesson 4 Review
Reviewing Facts and Vocabulary
3. Recall
Resistance training will help a person gain weight.
2. Recall
3,500 calories
1. Vocabulary
Nutrient-dense foods are those that are high in nutrients, rather than calories.
Vocabulary Define nutrient-dense foods.
Recall How many calories must you burn beyond what you consume to lose a pound of fat?
Recall What type of physical activity is effective for a person who needs to gain weight?

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