What Is Nutrition?

-The study of how your body uses the food that you eat.

A nutrient is a chemical substance in food that helps maintain the body. Some provide energy. All help build cells and tissues, regulate bodily processes such as breathing. No single food supplies all the nutrients the body needs to function.

What is a Nutrient

 Vitamins Minerals Water Protein Carbohydrates

Fats

Sugars

Starches
Cellulose

Nutrients that have Calories:

Proteins

Carbohydrates
Fats

Definition of a Calorie:
o A unit of measure for energy in food

Calories per gram:

Protein 1 Gram = 4 calories Carbohydrates 1 Gram = 4 calories Fat 1 Gram = 9 calories

Variables which affect nutrient needs:

1. Age
2. Gender

3. Activity Level
4. Climate

5. Health
6. State of nutrition

Aim for Fitness

1. Aim for a healthy weight

2. Be physically active each day

Build a Healthy Base

3. Let the pyramid guide your choices 4. Choose a variety of grains daily, especially whole grains
5. Choose a variety of fruits and vegetables daily. 6. Keep food safe to eat.

Choose Sensibly
7. Choose a diet that is low in saturated fat and cholesterol and moderate in total fat 8. Choose beverages and foods to moderate your intake of sugars 9. Choose and prepare food with less salt 10. If you drink alcoholic beverages do so in moderation

Please Dont Eat This

Please Dont Eat This

Or this

And definitely not this

Fat: The main fuel source for prolonged low intensity activity
Weightlifting Session*: 60% fat, 35% carb, 5%
protein

200 Meter Hurdle: 13% fat, 2% protein, 85% carb Championship Basketball or hard cycling for 1 hour: 35% fat, 5% protein, 60% carb 2 hour marathon: 45% fat, 10% protein, 45% carb

Current TrendsPhysical Activity

From 1991 to 1999, the % of students attending daily PE declined from 42% to 29% (1999).
Nearly of people age 12-21 do not engage in regular PA (2000).

Only 30% of adults 18 and older engage in regular physical activity (2001).

Current TrendsPhysical Activity

Physical Activity Levels are affected by
Elimination of PE / recess in schools Reductions in physical activity required for daily living
Physical environment, transportation, labor saving devices

Competition from attractive sedentary activities

Television, video/DVD, computer games, internet

Six out of 10 children ages 9-13 dont participate in any kind of organized sports/physical activity program outside of school. Nearly 23 percent dont engage in any free-time physical activity. Children whose parents have lower incomes and education levels are even less likely to participate.
(Physical activity levels among children aged 9-13 years United States, 2002. MMWR 2003;52[33]:75-8)

Current Trends Sedentary Activity

Avg. child watches 3 hours of TV per day (excluding videos & video games).
Avg. child spends 6.5 hours per day using various forms of media. American Academy of Pediatrics recommends TV viewing be limited to no more than 1-2 hours per day.
Source: AAP (2001) Children, adolescents, and television. Pediatrics 107: 423-426.

Health Realities
If schools do not deal with childrens health by design they deal with it by default.
(Health Is Academic)