EATING RESPONSABILITYAlejandra CuellarCamila MedinaLuisa RamiresKarol MedinaPaula Mora

NUTRITION AND YOUR LIFE

You are what you eat. Eating too little food can lead to low energy, weight loss, poor growth, but eating too much food can also cause poor health.

NUTRITION AND YOUR HEALTH

• Eating too much food can cause you to become overweight because of excess body fat. Being overweight can lead to obesity, so it's very clear your health depends on what you eat.

• The food you eat greatly affects your overall health. including your ability to stay active, and to study.

• Vitamins, minerals and water are the most important nutrients because provide energy to your body.

WHAT IS A DIET?• A diet is a pattern of eating that includes what a person eats, how much a

person eats, and how often a person eats. a person's diet is important because is describes how he or she eats every day.

INFLUENCES ON YOUR FOOD CHOICES

*Your personal taste. *Foods that are convenient for you.*Foods common in your culture. *Foods your friends eat.*Your family or religious traditions.*The cost of food. *Availability of certain foods in your area.

THE NUTRIENTS YOU THE NUTRIENTS YOU NEEDNEED Your body has energy every day in every moment, so

there are some advises that you can follow to have a good nutrition.

VitaminsVitamins are organic compounds that control several body functions.The table 1 below, lists good sources of vitamins and minerals that can help you with the nutrition of your body.

Water• A human cannot survive for

more than a few days without water. That is how important water is to your body.

If you do not get enough water every day, your body will not function properly.

if you do not drink enough wáter, your body may dry out.

MAKING HEALTHY MAKING HEALTHY CHOICESCHOICES

THE DIETARY GUIDELINES.THE DIETARY GUIDELINES.The Dietary Guidelines for Americans are a set of The Dietary Guidelines for Americans are a set of suggestions developed by nutrition scientists and public suggestions developed by nutrition scientists and public health agencies. These suggestions can help you develop health agencies. These suggestions can help you develop healthy habits.healthy habits.

THE PYRAMIDTHE PYRAMID

Pyramid food guidance system is a tool that shows you what kinds of foods to eat and how much of each food you should eat every day.

The nutritions facts label• It is a label found on the outside packages of food and states

the number of servings in the container, the number of calories in each serving , and the quantity of nutrients in each serving.

1. The first part shows you the serving size of the food and the number of servings in the package

2. The second part shows you how many calories you get from eating one serving of the food.

BODY IMAGE WITH…

BODY IMAGE• Do you ever compare yourself

with people you see on tv or in magazines? If so, you are probably thinking about your body image . Your body image is how you feel about or see your body

Your body image will be influenced by several factors

BODY IMAGE AND SELF-STEEM

Your body image can affect your self-steem . Self-steem is how much you value , respect , and feel confident about yourself.

EATING DISORDERS

UNHEALTHY EATING BEHAIVOR

The media tell us that the ideal female is very thin and the ideal male is slim and muscular. As a result, people become overly concerned about their weight.

Unhealthy eating behaivors include limiting yourself to eating only certain foods. It can affect a person’s ability to learn, can disrupt our growth and can have damaging effects on our health.

Overexercising

The fear of becoming overweight and the stress of wanting to have perfect bodies cause many teens to exercise too much. People who overexercise may suffer from extreme tiredness and feelings of sadness.

What is an eating disorder? An eating disorder is a disease that involves an unhealthy

concern with one’s body weight and shape. It often affect teens who have low self-esteem and who suffer from depression.

Anorexia Nervosa It is a eating disorder that involves self-starvation, an unhealthy

body imagine, and extreme weight loss. People who have it, have a intense fear of being fat. They also feel fat even thought they are very thin

Bulimia Nervosa It is an eating disorder in which a person eats a large

amound of food and then tries to remove the food from his or her body. People with Bulimia feel ashamed that they ate so much, so they get rid of the food by making themselves vomit.