1. Healthy Weight Management
Chapter 13 Standard 5
Healthy Weight Management

2. Having a healthy weight can improve:
Weight Management- means attaining healthy weight and keeping throughout life
Having a healthy weight can improve:
Well being
Reduce risk of many diseases

3. Underweight is also and issue but far more people are overweight
Not everyone who is overweight has excess body fat
Can also be due to muscle

5. Overweight Health Risk of Obesity Over 50% of Americans are obese
Obese means having a BMI of 30 or more
Overweight has a BMI of
Can cause hypertension, heart disease and stroke
Also diabetes II, arthritis, and some cancers

7. Underweight Underweight people can have a lack of some nutrient store
May feel fatigued
May have issues staying warm
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8. Factors Affecting Weight Status
Weight status- how much you weigh and ability to lose weight
Heredity
Eating habits
-environmental cues-events or situations
-psychological factors-boredom, depression, tension or fear
Activity Level

9. Losing Excess Body Fat Main goal of weight management is good health
Age, pregnancy, illness, emotional support all are factors to consider when starting a weight management plan

10. Math of Losing a Pound of Fat
1lb of fat = 3500 calories
Estimating calorie needs are made using gender and typical activity level
Estimating calorie intake can be accomplished using a food diary
Comparing calorie needs with calorie intake by estimating your energy needs to your daily intake

11. Unsafe Weight-Loss Practices
Fad diets- short time weight loss gimmicks
fast-working, inexpensive, painless, and guaranteed are words used to describe these tricks
Controlled by the FDA and FTC

12. Dangers of rapid weight-loss
Crash diets:
May provide fewer than 1200 calories per day
Lack essential nutrients
May add fasting, refraining from eating certain foods
Can be harmful to the body
*name some

13. Safe Weight-Loss Evaluate weight-loss plans carefully
Diet provides all nutrients your body needs
Diet is as close as your tastes and habits
Diet keeps you from being hungry or tired
Diet allows you to eat out
Diet offers a change you can follow for life

14. Control calories Substitute foods lower in fat for those higher in fat
Eat more vegetables and whole grain foods
Chose fresh fruit instead of fatty snacks
Chose steamed, baked or broiled foods rather than fried
Select healthy recipies

15. Other Safe Weight-Loss
Change eating habits
Increase levels of daily activity
Use a smaller plate or bowl
Eat slow
Reward yourself for small sucesses

16. Gaining Weight Consume extra calories from calorie dense foods
Add small amounts of calorie-dense toppings
Try eating bigger
Consume snacks between meals
Limit bulky, low calorie food such as salads and clear soup
Avoid drinking fluids before meals