Your need for food

1. Your need for food Activity: List five foods you like and five you dislike. Next to each food, write a reason why you like or dislike it.

2. Why do you eat? • Your physical health • Your environment • Your emotions

3. Your Physical Health • Physical reasons why/how we eat: • Survival • Growth • Energy • Fitness • Basic needs in life: • Food, air and water

4. Eating well • Active life-style • Energy and stamina • Right types and amount of food • Nutritious diet • Growth and maintenance of healthy body • Mental alertness • Reduces health risks • Adds to quality and length of life • 6 out of 10 leading causes of death in US linked to food

5. Your environment: CULTURE • Food choices reflect: • Culture you live in • Ethnic background • Religious beliefs • Teenage culture • What are some food practices associated with the “teenage culture”?

6. Your environment: ADVERTISING • TV, magazines, newspapers and billboards • Shape food decisions • Make you aware of certain foods and benefits • What food have you recently tried due to an ad?

7. Your environment: ADVERTISING • Do your research • People tend to believe what they read or hear without researching on their own. • Ads do not always tell the full truth • Ex: An ad may say that the food is low in fat but it does not mention that it is high in calories.

8. Your environment: ADVERTISING • Power of persuasion • Advertisers spend millions of dollars to persuade consumers • Ways they persuade you: • Status • Sex appeal • Weight loss • Appearance

9. Your environment: ADVERTISING • Be skeptical • Inform yourself about food and health • Listen and judge advertisement carefully • Control what foods you buy and eat – not the advertisers • Supplements – NOT FDA APPROVED!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vxrTMYXpZo

10. Your environment: Time and money • What are factors that influence food shopping? • Busy life-styles • Cook and eat quickly • Fast food • Microwave meals • Already pre-pared meals at grocery stores and mini marts • Choose more nutritious foods rather than skipping meals • How has cost affected food decisions that you have made?

11. Your emotions • Eating habits ties to emotions • Boredom • Stress • Frustration • Depression • Social events • sports, celebrations, holidays, etc. • Fun

12. Your emotions • Emotions: • Overeating • Tension, boredom, stress, frustration, social events • Loss of appetite • Stress, depression • Loss of essential nutrients • Pay attention to your eating habits • Be aware of emotions tied to eating • Make more healthy food choices

13. Nutrition throughout your life • Nutrition is essential for health • Before you were born • Infant • Child • Teen • Young adult • Middle age adult • Older adult

14. Nutrition throughout your life • Different needs at different stages of your life • At each age you needed the same nutrients • Amounts fluctuate as you grow • Younger ages need more nutrients to grow • Adults need less nutrients • Metabolism and decreased activity = less calories • Nutrients are still important • Knowing what your body needs during your life is key to your health

15. Nutrition and Adolescence • Period of fastest growth in lifetime • Very active as well • Good nutrition important for growth and energy • Teenage tendencies: • Skip meals • High-fat and/or sugary foods • Evaluate your eating habits • Identify food choices you can control • Food changes you need to make • Food choices that affect your overall health and level of performance • Promote your health by making wise food choices

16. Review questions • Describe factors that influence food choices, and give three examples. • How do your nutritional needs differ between your teenage years and adulthood?

17. Reflection: • How have your culture and family influenced your food habits? • (write in your health journal at home)

18. Homework • Evaluate five food advertisements on the radio or TV. Discuss the approach each on uses to influence your food choices. • (minimum of five paragraphs)