1. Making Healthy Food Choices Chapter 9

2. Why do you Eat? Boredom Boredom Stressed Stressed Out with Friends Out with Friends Watching TV Watching TV Sad or Depressed Sad or Depressed REAL Reason: to meet your nutritional needs, to satisfy your appetite, and to supply your body with energy

3. Hunger – feeling of discomfort caused by your body’s need for nutrients Hunger – feeling of discomfort caused by your body’s need for nutrients Appetite – desire for food based on emotions and other factors (appetite is learned) Appetite – desire for food based on emotions and other factors (appetite is learned) Basal Metabolic Rate: the rate at which you use energy when your body is at rest. (BMR) Daily Values: recommendations that specify the amounts of certain nutrients that the average person should obtain each day

6. Safely Managing Your Weight Determined by various factors: Determined by various factors: Heredity Heredity Level of activity Level of activity Body composition Body composition Body Mass Index (BMI) – ratio of your weight to your height Overweight vs. Obesity Type 2 Diabetes

8. Nutrition for Individual Needs Diabetics Diabetics Vegetarians Vegetarians Food Allergy Food Allergy Food Intolerance Food Intolerance Athletes Athletes