1. Chapter 6 Food and Your Health
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2. Section 1: Managing Your Weight
Explain calories and their role
Contrast overweight and obesity
Describe the health risks related to being underweight
Discuss healthful weightloss

3. A. Calories Calories- measure of energy in food that your body burns
Some foods have more
Fat, carbs, and protein
Fat- 9 calories/gram to carbs 4 calories/gram
How much you burn depends
Growth, body size, gender, age, metabolic age
Must consume same calories that you burn to maintain weight

4. B. Weight Problems
Overweight- weighing more than 10% over standard for weight and height
Obesity- excess of body fat
Obesity adds risk
Overweight not necessary unhealthy
Obesity risk- hypertension, diabetes, high blood cholesterol, cancer
Causes- sedentary lifestyle, poor food habits, heredity
Underweight Risks- 10% below standard
Risks- undernutrition, iron deficiency, can’t fight off infection

5. C. Managing Weight Body mass index can help determine ideal weight
Ratio of weight to height
Not for everyone
Multiply weight in pounds by 703, multiply height in inches by 65, Divide step 1 by step 2
Weight control plan
Diet- just what you eat
Steps
Target your weight, Set a smart goal, Make a personal plan, Stick to the plan, Think positively, Evaluate progress, Recognize plateaus are normal

6. Weight Loss strategies
Eat fewer calories
Burn more calories
Eat better foods
Make meal lists
Prep your food at beginning of day
Snack healthy
Smart weight gain strategies
Increase caloric intake
Eat more frequently
Eat nutritious snacks

7. Physical Activity Need to exercise Burn more calories
Tone and build muscles
Promotes normal appetite
Increase self-esteem

8. Section 2: Fad Diets and Eating Disorders
Evaluate popular diets and diet gimmicks
Contrast anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa

9. A. Fad Diets Diet- everything you eat Fad- popular but don’t last
Can cost lots of money
Weight Cycling- cycle of losing and regaining weight
Risky strategies
Fasting
Liquid Protein diets
Diet Pills

10. B. Eating Disorders Society puts pressure on body image
Anorexia nervosa
Self induced starvation
Affects mostly females
Extreme weight loss, constipation, hormonal change, heart damage, etc.
Bulimia nervosa
Overeating followed by self purging of digestive tract
Dehydration, kidney damage, irregular heartbeat, tooth decay, damage stomach tissue
Contact an adult if you suspect someone of these disorders

11. Section 3: Nutrition for Individual Needs