1. Food & Nutrition for You Suzanne Weixel and Faithe Wempen
Chapter 5
Special Diets for Weight Loss and Fitness

2. Diet and Body Fat If you eat more calories than you burn, you will gain weight.

3. Understanding Energy Intake A chicken breast is about 60% water by weight.

4. Understanding Energy Expenditure Ingesting substances such as caffeine can have an effect on BMR.

5. Environmental and Lifestyle Effects on Body Weight You can choose to replace high-fat snacks with low-calorie alternatives such as fruit.

6. Types of Weight-Loss Diets A safe weight-loss diet should give you flexibility in choosing foods.

7. Nutrition and Athletics An athlete’s diet should include carbohydrates such as pasta.