Download Your need for food

Your need for food
Activity:
List five foods you like and five you dislike. Next to
each food, write a reason why you like or dislike it.
Why do you eat?
Your physical health
 Your environment
 Your emotions
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Your Physical Health
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Physical reasons why/how we eat:
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Survival
Growth
Energy
Fitness
Basic needs in life:
◦ Food, air and water
Eating well
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Active life-style
◦ Energy and stamina
 Right types and amount of food
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Nutritious diet
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Growth and maintenance of healthy body
Mental alertness
Reduces health risks
Adds to quality and length of life
 6 out of 10 leading causes of death in US linked to
food
Your environment: CULTURE
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Food choices reflect:
◦ Culture you live in
◦ Ethnic background
◦ Religious beliefs
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Teenage culture
◦ What are some food practices associated with
the “teenage culture”?
Your environment: ADVERTISING
TV, magazines, newspapers and billboards
 Shape food decisions
 Make you aware of certain foods and
benefits
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◦ What food have you recently tried due to an
ad?
Your environment: ADVERTISING
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Do your research
◦ People tend to believe what they read or hear
without researching on their own.
◦ Ads do not always tell the full truth
◦ Ex: An ad may say that the food is low in fat
but it does not mention that it is high in
calories.
Your environment: ADVERTISING
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Power of persuasion
◦ Advertisers spend millions of dollars to
persuade consumers
◦ Ways they persuade you:
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Status
Sex appeal
Weight loss
Appearance
Your environment: ADVERTISING
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Be skeptical
◦ Inform yourself about food and health
◦ Listen and judge advertisement carefully
◦ Control what foods you buy and eat – not the
advertisers
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Your environment: Time and money
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What are factors that influence food
shopping?
Busy life-styles
◦ Cook and eat quickly
 Fast food
 Microwave meals
 Already pre-pared meals at grocery stores and mini
marts
◦ Choose more nutritious foods rather than
skipping meals
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How has cost affected food decisions that
you have made?
Your emotions
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Eating habits ties to emotions
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Boredom
Stress
Frustration
Depression
Social events
 sports, celebrations, holidays, etc.
◦ Fun
Your emotions
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Emotions:
◦ Overeating
 Tension, boredom, stress, frustration, social events
◦ Loss of appetite
 Stress, depression
 Loss of essential nutrients
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Pay attention to your eating habits
◦ Be aware of emotions tied to eating
◦ Make more healthy food choices
Nutrition throughout your life
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Nutrition is essential for health
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Before you were born
Infant
Child
Teen
Young adult
Middle age adult
Older adult
Nutrition throughout your life
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Different needs at different stages of your
life
◦ At each age you needed the same nutrients
 Amounts fluctuate as you grow
 Younger ages need more nutrients to grow
 Adults need less nutrients
 Metabolism and decreased activity = less calories
 Nutrients are still important
 Knowing what your body needs during your life is
key to your health
Nutrition and Adolescence
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Period of fastest growth in lifetime
◦ Very active as well
◦ Good nutrition important for growth and energy
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Teenage tendencies:
◦ Skip meals
◦ High-fat and/or sugary foods
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Evaluate your eating habits
◦ Identify food choices you can control
◦ Food changes you need to make
◦ Food choices that affect your overall health and level
of performance
◦ Promote your health by making wise food choices
Review questions
Describe factors that influence food
choices, and give three examples.
 How do your nutritional needs differ
between your teenage years and
adulthood?
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Reflection:
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How have your culture and family
influenced your food habits?
◦ (write in your health journal at home)
Homework
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Evaluate five food advertisements on the
radio or TV. Discuss the approach each
on uses to influence your food choices.
◦ (minimum of five paragraphs)