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Lesson Plan. Class: Health I Unit: Nutrition Instructor: Ms. Zupanc. Objectives:. 1. SWBAT Define BMI and determine their own body mass index. 2. SWBAT List the risks associated with obesity and heart disease.
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Lesson Plan • Class: Health I • Unit: Nutrition • Instructor: Ms. Zupanc
Objectives: • 1. SWBAT Define BMI and determine their own body mass index. • 2. SWBAT List the risks associated with obesity and heart disease. • 3. SWBAT Find their waist circumference and the sizes that are of risk for men and women. • 4. SWBAT Use the internet to take a quiz regarding portion sizes.
Lesson 1 Vocabulary • Nutrients – Elements in food that your body needs for energy, to grow, and to repair itself. • Hunger – Natural drive that protects you from starvation (physical) • Appetite – A desire rather than a need to eat.
Factors That Contribute To Our Eating Habits • Environment • Culture • Family and Friends / Peer Pressure • Advertising • Time and Money • Emotional Eating
T.V. Time • The average child sees more than 20,000 commercials each year. • What kinds of advertisements are most common? • How do you feel about this? Is there a connection?
Eating is linked to 6 leading causes of death in the U.S. • Why???
OBESITY • Obesity (excess body fat) is surpassing smoking as the number one preventable death in the U.S. • What does that mean to you?
Nutrition • Nutrition – The process by which the body takes in and uses food. • What are “empty calories”? • How can we manage our eating habits???
Nutrients, Carbohydrates, Proteins, and Fats • What are they??? • On a sheet of paper list as many foods as you can that are sources of that nutrient
Carbohydrates • Carbohydrate – Starches and sugars found in foods, body’s preferred source of energy. • Simple and complex • What is the difference? • 55-66% of daily calories
Carbs • Simple Carbs – Sugars found in fruits, veggies and milk. Also in candy, soda, sweets, salad dressing, soups, breads. No Good – fructose, maltose, sucrose, oils, syrups • Complex Carbs – (Good) Starches found in rice, grains, seeds, nuts, legumes (beans). Much better for you.
Glucose • The body’s chief fuel and a simple sugar • When it is not used right away it is stored in the liver and muscles as • Glycogen – A starch-like substance • What happens if we have enough carbs stored and enough for energy needs???
What’s up with the low carb craze? • Why are carbohydrate foods considered fattening? • Describe the low carb diets that are popular. What is your opinion regarding them? • List all of the simple and complex carbs you have consumed in the past 24 hours.
Fiber • Where can you find it? • The tough, stringy part of veggies, fruits and grains • Complex carb • It is not digested • Why should you eat it? Moves waste through your digestive system Gives a feeling of fullness Reduces risk of cancer and heart disease 25 GRAMS A DAY!
F.Y.I. • Americans eat their own weight in sugar every year • This primarily comes from where? • What is the relationship between carbohydrates and tooth decay?
Proteins • Are nutrients that help build and maintain body tissues. • Found in Muscle, bone, connective tissue, teeth, skin, blood, vital organs • Remember antibodies? • Provide 4 calories per gram • Excess is converted into fat
Proteins • Amino acids – Substances that make up the body’s proteins • Body makes 11 out of 20 on it’s own • The other 9 acids are called Essential Amino Acids b/c they come from foods that you eat
More Proteins… Complete – Foods that contain all of the essential amino acids that the body needs Examples: Fish, meat , eggs, milk, cheese, yogurt, soybean Incomplete – Foods lack some of the essential amino acids Examples: Legumes, nuts, whole grains, seeds
FAT • Fats deliver more than twice the amount of energy as compared to carbs and protein • We do need some • Lipid – A fatty substance that does not dissolve in water
FAT • Cholesterol – a fatlike substance produced in the liver of all animals and found only in foods of animal origin • Dietary Guidelines – • Teenage Girl: 2,200 calories or 66 grams of fat / day • Teenage Boy: 2,800 calories or 84 grams of fat / day
Calories Vs. Fat http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/obesity/lose_wt/cal_cnt.htm • Healthy Shopping: What to Buy • http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/obesity/lose_wt/shop.htm
Good Resources On The • National Institute of health (portion distortion quiz, BMI) http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/index.htm • New Food Guide Pyramid and other good info. http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/pyramids.html
Vitamins • Regulate important body processes like digestion and metabolism • Water-soluble – Dissolve in water and pass easily into the blood stream. • Excrete excess amounts • Are not stored in the body • Cook carefully (steam with little water!)
VITAMINS • Fat-Soluble Vitamins – • A, D, E, K • Are stored in the body’s fatty tissue, liver, and kidneys • High amounts of these can be toxic