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Managing Weight and Eating Behaviors

Learn how to maintain a healthy weight, manage your calorie intake, and understand body composition. Discover the risks of being overweight or underweight, and explore healthful ways to lose or gain weight. Understand the impact of body image and the dangers of fad diets and eating disorders.

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Managing Weight and Eating Behaviors

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  1. Chapter #11 Managing Weight and Eating Behaviors

  2. Lesson #1 Lesson #2 Lesson #3

  3. Lesson #1 Maintaining a Healthy Weight

  4. Maintaining a healthy weight helps you protect your health and prevent disease.

  5. The Calorie Connection

  6. You maintain your weight by taking in as many calories as you use. Calories are units used to measure the energy found in food.

  7. If you consume more calories than your body needs, you will gain weight. If you use more calories than you take in, you will lose weight.

  8. Your Energy Balance

  9. the calories you take in the calories you burn Energy balance is the balance between

  10. Your metabolism converts the food you eat into fuel. Metabolism The process by which the body breaks down substances and gets energy from food

  11. It takes about 3,500 calories to equal 1 pound of body fat. Thus, if you consume 500 fewer calories than you use every day, you will lose 1 pound per week.

  12. How Many Calories?

  13. High-fat foods are high in calories. Some low-fat foods may also be high in calories. Food preparation also plays a role in how many calories a food delivers.

  14. Maintaining a Healthy Weight

  15. Body mass index and body composition help you judge whether your weight is healthy. The right weight for each person is based on age, gender, height, body frame, and stage and rate of growth.

  16. To learn if your body weight falls into a healthy range, calculate your body mass index (BMI). Body mass index (BMI) A measure of body weight relative to height

  17. Body Mass Index Your BMI can help you to determine if you’re overweight or at risk for being overweight. Overweight Heavier than the standard weight range for your height

  18. Body Composition Your body composition is the ratio of fat to lean tissue in your body.

  19. Every teen grows at his or her own rate. Some of your friends will be taller or shorter than you, and some will weigh more or less than you.

  20. Your Weight and Your Health

  21. Being either overweight or underweight carries health risks. People whose weight does not fall into a healthy range are at a higher risk for various diseases.

  22. Staying active helps you maintain a healthy weight.

  23. Weighing Too Much

  24. Teens who are overweight may be at risk of becoming obese. Obese Having an excess of body fat

  25. Health Problems Associated with Being Overweight Hypertension Cardiovascular disease Type 2 diabetes Osteoarthritis Gallbladder disease Asthma and other respiratory problems Certain types of cancer

  26. Weighing Too Little

  27. Teens who are underweight may feel weak, tire easily, or have trouble concentrating. Underweight Below the standard weight range for your height

  28. For some teens, being too thin can mean that they are not getting the calories and nutrients their growing bodies need. They also may be exercising excessively to burn calories.

  29. Managing Your Weight

  30. Stay physically active and eat healthful foods. Teens should eat a healthful, well-balanced diet every day to reach a healthy weight.

  31. Target a healthy weight. Learn your ideal weight range. Set realistic goals. Eat healthfully and exercise regularly. Personalize your plan. Eat foods you enjoy. Put your goals and plan in writing. Write down your goals and your plan. Evaluate your progress. Track your weight on a weekly basis.

  32. Healthful Ways to Lose Weight

  33. Healthful Ways to Lose Weight Choose nutrient-dense foods. Watch portion sizes. Eat fewer foods that are high in fats and added sugars. Enjoy your favorite foods in moderation. Be active. Tone your muscles. Stay hydrated.

  34. Healthful Ways to Gain Weight Select foods from the five major food groups that are higher in calories. Choose higher-calorie, nutrient-rich foods. Eat nutritious snacks. Get regular physical activity.

  35. Physical Activity and Weight Management

  36. This graph shows how many calories a person weighing 125 to 175 pounds can burn doing each activity for 10 minutes.

  37. Lesson #2 Body Image and Eating Disorders

  38. Your Body Image

  39. Poor body image may lead to unhealthful and harmful eating behaviors.

  40. The media and other influences can affect your body image. Try to accept yourself the way you are.

  41. When you look in the mirror, do you like what you see? If the answer is yes, that means that your body image is positive. Body image The way you see your body

  42. Peers and media images can influence body image. Images shown in the media aren’t always realistic.

  43. Fad Diets

  44. Fad diets are neither safe nor reliable ways to lose weight. People on fad diets may lose weight temporarily, but they usually regain it after going off the diet.

  45. Teens who want to lose weight may be tempted to try fad diets that promise quick, easy weight loss. Fad diets Weight-loss plans that tend to be popular for only a short time

  46. People who follow fad diets may fall into weight cycling. Weight cycling A repeated pattern of losing and regaining body weight

  47. Types of Fad Diets Miracle Foods Magic Combinations Fasting Types of Fad Diets Diet Pills Liquid Diets

  48. Eating Disorders

  49. Eating disorders are extreme and dangerous eating behaviors that require medical attention. Eating disorders are classified as mental illnesses.

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