1. Your need for food Activity:
List five foods you like and five you dislike. Next to each food, write a reason why you like or dislike it.
3 minutes about with each person reading what they wrote down. I will write the list on the board for class to see.

2. Why do you eat?
Your physical health
Your environment
Your emotions

3. Your Physical Health Physical reasons why/how we eat:
Survival
Growth
Energy
Fitness
Basic needs in life:
Food, air and water
Basic needs in life – feeling hungry is your body’s signal that it needs more food; after you eat the feeling goes away b/c you satisfied your body’s need for food.

4. Eating well Active life-style Nutritious diet Energy and stamina
Right types and amount of food
Nutritious diet
Growth and maintenance of healthy body
Mental alertness
Reduces health risks
Adds to quality and length of life
6 out of 10 leading causes of death in US linked to food

5. Your environment: CULTURE
Food choices reflect:
Culture you live in
Ethnic background
Religious beliefs
Teenage culture
What are some food practices associated with the “teenage culture”?
Discuss with class teenage culture.

6. Your environment: ADVERTISING
TV, magazines, newspapers and billboards
Shape food decisions
Make you aware of certain foods and benefits
What food have you recently tried due to an ad?
Class answers question.

7. Your environment: ADVERTISING
Do your research
People tend to believe what they read or hear without researching on their own.
Ads do not always tell the full truth
Ex: An ad may say that the food is low in fat but it does not mention that it is high in calories.

8. Your environment: ADVERTISING
Power of persuasion
Advertisers spend millions of dollars to persuade consumers
Ways they persuade you:
Status
Sex appeal
Weight loss
Appearance
Ways to persuade you: alcohol and beer ads use status, appearance and sex appeal; desert ads use sex appeal; diet foods use weight loss, etc.

9. Your environment: ADVERTISING
Be skeptical
Inform yourself about food and health
Listen and judge advertisement carefully
Control what foods you buy and eat – not the advertisers
Supplements – NOT FDA APPROVED!!!
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Show YouTube video from “Bigger, Faster, Stronger” – shows danger of supplements AND misused advertisements

10. Your environment: Time and money
What are factors that influence food shopping?
Busy life-styles
Cook and eat quickly
Fast food
Microwave meals
Already pre-pared meals at grocery stores and mini marts
Choose more nutritious foods rather than skipping meals
How has cost affected food decisions that you have made?
Factors: cost, convenience, taste, nutrition, and food safety according to consumer studies – create list on board with class.
Cost: discuss with class, whole food versus processed foods; organic versus non-organic foods

11. Your emotions Eating habits ties to emotions Boredom Stress
Frustration
Depression
Social events
sports, celebrations, holidays, etc.
Fun

12. Your emotions Emotions: Pay attention to your eating habits Overeating
Tension, boredom, stress, frustration, social events
Loss of appetite
Stress, depression
Loss of essential nutrients
Pay attention to your eating habits
Be aware of emotions tied to eating
Make more healthy food choices

13. Nutrition throughout your life
Nutrition is essential for health
Before you were born
Infant
Child
Teen
Young adult
Middle age adult
Older adult

14. Nutrition throughout your life
Different needs at different stages of your life
At each age you needed the same nutrients
Amounts fluctuate as you grow
Younger ages need more nutrients to grow
Adults need less nutrients
Metabolism and decreased activity = less calories
Nutrients are still important
Knowing what your body needs during your life is key to your health

15. Nutrition and Adolescence
Period of fastest growth in lifetime
Very active as well
Good nutrition important for growth and energy
Teenage tendencies:
Skip meals
High-fat and/or sugary foods
Evaluate your eating habits
Identify food choices you can control
Food changes you need to make
Food choices that affect your overall health and level of performance
Promote your health by making wise food choices

16. Review questions
Describe factors that influence food choices, and give three examples.
How do your nutritional needs differ between your teenage years and adulthood?
Have class write down answers if there is time, if not use as an example of assessment.

17. Reflection:
How have your culture and family influenced your food habits?
(write in your health journal at home)
Class will not actually do this.

18. Homework
Evaluate five food advertisements on the radio or TV. Discuss the approach each on uses to influence your food choices.
(minimum of five paragraphs)
Example of homework – class will not do this