Food for a Week

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Food for a Week

• The following photographs
• represent a weeks worth of food for families
  around the world.

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Write these questions in your journals

• Which families consume more fruits and
  vegetables?
• Which families consume LEAN protein?
• Which consume more empty calorie snack foods?
• Answer the questions as we go through the
  pictures of each family

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• Family in Italy

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• Family from Germany

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• Family from Bhutan

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• Family from Ecuador

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• Family from Mexico

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• Family from Egypt

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• Family from Chad

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• Family from the United States

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Are we the healthiest? Reflect in your journals
about the pictures we just looked at. Write at
least 4 sentences about your feelings. Were you
surprised? Angry? Confused?Answer the questions
you wrote down.
We are the nation with the richest food supply in
the world.
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Lifelong Nutritional Needs

• Special dietary needs
• Hydration
• Nutrition goals

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Objectives

• 9.NPA.1.2 Organize meal plans to meet special
  dietary needs for athletes, pregnant women,
  diabetics, and those experiencing allergies.
• 9.NPA.1.3 Recognize the benefits of folic acid
  and other vitamins and minerals
• 9.NPA.2.3 Summarize the effects of hydration and
  dehydration and preventive measures for
  dehydration

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Factors affecting your nutritional needs

• Age
• Gender
• Activity Level
• Pregnancy
• Diabetes

• Food allergies
• Lactose intolerance
• Celiac disease
• High blood pressure
• High cholesterol

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AGE

• Your body needs more calories during your teen
  years to support growth
• As you get older your needs will change based on
  activity level

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GENDER

• On average, females tend to need fewer calories
  than males
• Throughout their lives, females have a greater
  need for some nutrients
• Iron Calcium
• Pregnant women need extra nutrients as well as
  calories

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ACTIVITY LEVEL

• The more active you are, the more calories your
  body needs
• Teen athletes may need from 2,000-5,000 calories
  per day, depending on their sport and on the
  intensity, length, and frequency of training

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HYDRATION

• Teen girls should drink about 9 cups of
  non-caffeinated fluids each day
• Teen boys should drink 13 cups
• Preferably WATER

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PREGNANCY

• An unborn baby receives nourishment from the
  mother
• Need to consume an additional 300 calories per
  day to achieve a healthy weight gain
• Females at a healthy weight before pregnancy can
  gain between 25-35 lbs.
• Nutrition During Pregnancy Video

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PREGNANCY

• Gaining too little weight can result in a small,
  underdeveloped baby
• Gaining too much weight can result in an early
  delivery
• Increase mothers risk of high blood pressure,
  diabetes, and varicose veins
• Pregnant females are encouraged to take prenatal
  vitamins to provide a balance of nutrients
• Calcium
• Protein
• Iron
• Vitamin A
• Vitamin B complex
• Folic acid
• Reduces the risk of having a baby with a serious
  birth defect
• Spina bifida born with a spine that is not
  closed

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DIABETES

• Must monitor their eating carefully
• Blood sugar must stay in a healthy range
• Diabetics who use insulin must tailor the amount
  of insulin they inject to the amount of
  carbohydrates in the foods they eat
• Some people can control their diabetes without
  medication and just by carefully controlling the
  carbohydrates in foods and beverages they consume

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FOOD ALLERGIES

• Can range from simply annoying to life
  threatening
• People with severe food allergies must avoid the
  foods and ingredients they are allergic to
• They must carefully check the ingredients on food
  labels and when dining out make sure to ask their
  server specific questions about how the food is
  prepared
• Food Allergies Report

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LACTOSE INTOLERANCE

• People with this food intolerance cant easily
  digest the lactose in milk and some dairy
  products
• Solutions
• Consume smaller amounts of milk or get your
  calcium from cheese and yogurt, which contain
  less lactose
• Take lactase (the enzyme needed to digest
  lactose) in liquid or tablet form when they eat
  dairy products

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CELIAC DISEASE

• Gluten intolerance
• This condition makes people unable to tolerate a
  protein called gluten
• Gluten is found in wheat, rye, and barley
• Treatment
• Avoid these grains and anything made from them,
  including bread and pasta
• There are many gluten-free options available in
  the grocery store, you just have to look!
• Managing Celiac Disease

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HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE

• Silent Killer
• Can result in heart problems, stroke, or kidney
  problems with few or no warning symptoms
• Eating salt can raise a persons blood pressure
• This effect is stronger in some individuals than
  others
• People with high blood pressure are often
  encouraged to keep their salt intake low
• Eat to Lower Blood Pressure

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HIGH CHOLESTEROL

• Cholesterol a waxy, fat-like substance in your
  blood
• Needed to create cell walls, certain hormones,
  and vitamin D
• Too much cholesterol can build up and clog
  arteries
• Raises your risk of heart disease
• People with high cholesterol may need to reduce
  their intake of saturated fats and trans fats
• These fats increase cholesterol production in the
  body

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My Healthy Eating Physical Activity Goals

• You will now work on creating a goal for eating
  healthy and exercising
• This goal sheet will be kept in your personal
  folders
• In 3 weeks you will look back on your goals to
  see what you have accomplished (May 21st)
• Were you successful or unsuccessful?
• Lets look at how to write an achievable goal

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Writing a Goal

• A well-written goal should have these
  characteristics
• Doable
• Something you can realistically accomplish in the
  next 3 weeks.
• Specific
• It gives clear details of what you want to do.
• Measurable
• It allows you to determine or measure if you have
  accomplished your goal at the end of 3 weeks.

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Whats Wrong with These Goals?

• Poorly Written I want to exercise more.
• Well-written I will jog 3 days each week for at
  least 20 minutes each time.
• Poorly Written I will eat less junk food.
• Well-written I will only eat 1 serving of fats,
  oils, or sweets each day.
• Poorly Written I will eat more fruit and lift
  weights more often.
• Well-written (Choose one) I will eat 3 servings
  of fruit each day. OR I will lift weights for 30
  minutes 3 times each week.