Nutrition and Weight Management

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Nutrition and Weight Management
A guide to a healthy future
Be more like Healthy Harry
Dont end up like Lazy Larry
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Why are these things important?

• Recent studies by the U.S. Centers for Disease
  Control and Prevention (CDC) show the number of
  overweight children has more than doubled in the
  last three decades, 5.3 million, or 12.5 percent,
  of Americans between 6 and 17 are overweight or
  obese.

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How can you manage your weight?
Eat Healthy!!
Exercise each day!!
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6 Essential Nutrients

• Proteins
• Fats
• Carbohydrates
• Vitamins
• Minerals
• Water

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Food Groups

• Fats
• Dairy
• Meat
• Fruits
• Vegetables
• Grains

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How many servings does a person need from each
food group?
Click on our friend to find out!!!!
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Is this what your meals consist of?
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If so.
We need to make some changes!!!!!
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7 Dietary Guidelines
If you can follow these you will be on your way
to looking like this!!!!!
Click on the carrot to learn the dietary
guidelines
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What can we do to become more physically fit or
manage our weight?
Aerobic endurance exercises
and
Muscle strength and endurance exercises