1. Introduction to Nutrition

2. Track Your Diet Assignment Using the SuperTracker website you will track what you eat for a minimum of 3 days https://www.supertracker.usda.gov/default.aspx Once data is in the website, create a nutrition report Write up about your diet ▫Due:

3. What influences what you eat?

4. Factors That Influence Nutrition Social ▫Eat what your parents eat, out with friends, advertisement Economical ▫What you can afford to eat, processed foods less expensive, time Psychological ▫Bored, stressed, upset ▫Or do you eat less?

5. Nutrition Throughout Life Young Age University/College Living on Your Own Family and a Job Older Adult

6. Carbohydrates Made up of carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen The starches and sugars found in foods Body’s preferred source of energy Simple = sugar Complex = rice and other grains

7. Proteins Nutrients that help build and maintain body tissues New proteins form, replacing damaged cells Complete = contains all essential amino acids Incomplete = lack some of the essential amino acids

8. Fats Your body needs some fat ▫Helps carry vitamins to the blood stream Saturated = holds all the hydrogen atoms it can ▫Eg. Animal fats and tropical oils Unsaturated = Missing 1 or more hydrogen atoms ▫Eg. Vegetable Oils

9. What You Should Consume

10. Differences Around the World Inuit Diet ▫Inuit able to live healthy lives with very little carbohydrates (primarily wild fish and game, some kelp) ▫+50% calories from fat ▫Fat content is different than that available commercially

11. Vitamins Compounds that help regulate many vital body processes Water Soluble = Vitamin C and B Complex ▫Not stored in the body so must be regularly replenished Fat Soluble = Vitamin A, D, E and K ▫Stored in the body

12. Minerals Inorganic substances that the body cannot manufacture 4 Most important to Teens ▫Iron ▫Calcium ▫Sodium ▫Potassium

13. Water Your body is mostly made up of water Water is vital to every body function On a normal day your body will use about 10 cups of water You can also get water from food ▫Fruit, vegetables and milk products contain water

14. Obesity – Ted Talk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOPl8P2S- Lwhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOPl8P2S- Lw

15. BMI Calculate your BMI 1.Your weight in pounds divided by 2.2 = weight in kilograms 2.Your height in meters 3.Your weight (kilograms) divided by [height (m) x height (m)] = BMI

16. Facts about Obesity Leading cause of preventable illness and death in North America Worldwide obesity has nearly doubled since 1980 Obesity cost the Canadian economy somewhere between $4.6-billion and $7.1-billion a year. About 1 in 11 children - 8.6 per cent - are considered obese Income can affect your weight

17. Increased Risk of Hypertension Stroke Type 2 Diabetes Breathing Problems Cancer ▫Breast, colon, endometrium, esophagus, gallbladder, liver, prostate, ovarian, pancreas, kidney

18. Prevention Make healthy options easily accessible Promote the importance of physical activity Teach children how to prepare healthy food Make nutritional information accessible Put water everywhere Reduce screen time