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Nutrition Guide: Influence of Food Choices and Food Pyramid for Healthy Living

Explore how sensory appeal, geography, cultural background, and advertising influence food choices. Learn about the food guide pyramid, nutrition, and recommended daily calorie intake for 11-14-year-olds to promote growth and good health.

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Nutrition Guide: Influence of Food Choices and Food Pyramid for Healthy Living

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  1. The Food Pyramid Food in Your life

  2. The Food Guide Pyramid

  3. Nutrition • Nutrition – Process of taking in food and using it to for growth and good health • The main reason people eat is to fulfill the body’s physical needs

  4. What influences your food choices • Sensory appeal – The way that foods look, taste, smell and feel influence what you choose to eat • Geography – The land, climate and agricultural products of your region influences your food choices and food availability

  5. What influences your food choices • Your cultural and Family background – you make certain food choices because they are a part of your family’s cultural or ethnic background • Advertising – food advertisements are designed to influence you to choose one food over another

  6. The food guide Pyramid

  7. Getting What you Need • The food guide pyramid shows a suggested range of servings for foods within each of 5 major food groups

  8. Eating a variety of foods • Using the food guide pyramid can help you get enough nutrition • Nutrition – The Substances in foods that your body needs n order to grow, have energy and stay healthy • Most 11-14 year olds need between 2,200 to 2,500 calories per day

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