Weight Management
9.NPA.3.1Differentiate between healthy and unhealthyplans for weight gain, maintenance and loss
9.NPA3.1 Investigate and differentiate 2 unhealthy currentweight loss products on the market and one fad diets with ahealthy plan
9.NPA.4 Apply lifelong nutrition and health-related fitnessconcepts to enhance quality of life.
True/False
•When you diet, the first weight youlose will be from fat.
•Its okay to completely cut out anentire type of food to lose weightfaster
•Exercise is more important in weightloss than diet
•Steroids can cause liver damage
•NREM as a type of sleep stands for Non-Recurring Energy of Movement
Answers
•FALSE!! When you first begin to lose weight it ismostly water weight, so make sure you aren’tbecoming dehydrated!
•FALSE! It is not healthy to completely get rid of entirefood group such as grains or meat, but it is possible.Most people begin to crave it so bad from completelycutting it out that they overeat it the next time theyallow themselves to eat that food.
•FALSE! Exercise is a great way to maintain your bodyweight and stay fit, but the best way to lose weight isto focus on your diet. Calories in need to be less thancalories out!
•TRUE!! Steroids are very dangerous for your bodyand have tons of negative side effects!
•FALSE! It stands for NON-RAPID EYE MOVEMENT.This is the time during your sleep where you have littlebrain activity and your eyes do not move, versus othertimes when you have more brain activity and youreyes are moving quickly underneath your eyelids.
Your body
•The way you perceiveyourself is known asyour body image.
•During teenage years,you go through manychanges at differenttimes than others, so it iscommon to feel unhappywith certain things aboutyourself as you growtaller, stay shorter, gainweight, etc.
Accept Yourself!
•Some people are taller,some people areshorter.
•Hormones that begincirculating throughyour body duringpuberty cause othersto gain weight, loseweight, or developsooner.
~Talk to a trusted adultabout your feelings
•You can’t change yourbasic body type, youmight hurt yourself inthe process, so acceptyourself!
Fad Diets
•Teens unhappy with their body may try faddiets
Fad diets are popular for a very shorttime, and often promote a largeamount of weight loss effortlessly.
Fad diets focus on fast weight lossrather than a new lifestyle habit ofeating healthy, so weight is usuallyregained.
Weight loss Products
•Americans spend an estimated $42 billionannually on weight loss foods, products,and services.
HYDROXYCUT
Benefits of Hydroxycut:
weight loss (average 12 lbs), increased metabolism,increased energy, decreased appetite
Consequences of Hydroxycut:
Increased blood pressure, heart rate,
sweating
Headaches, light-headedness, and
dizziness
Not FDA approved
Liquid Diets
•Replaces all solid foods with a liquidformula usually for weight loss reasons.
•Lacks fiber
•Consumer does not get full digestiveprocess so they feel hungry sooner andaren’t fully satisfied
Diet Pills
•Diet pills usually claim that they cansuppress your appetite, increase yourmetabolism, or make you feel full quicker.
•Can be addictive
•Have serious side effects: racing heart,anxiety, dehydration, vomiting or diarrhea,numbness of skin, dry mouth, lightheaded,weaker, etc.
Fasting
•Prolonged period of time where thereis NO CONSUMTION of food.
•Deprives body of needed nutrientsand can dehydrate you.
•Some religions requirethat people fast forshort periods of time.
–This is safe.
Healthy Ways to Gain weight
•Chose higher calorie food from one of the 5major food groups.
–Chose whole milk rather than skim milk
•Make sure the foods you chose are not onlyhigher in calorie, but nutrient rich, so yourproviding useful calories so you can grow.
–A Pop-Tart may be high
in calories, but they have little
nutritional value, whereas a
pack of almonds has a
lot of calories and tons of
nutritional value.
Physical Activity- anything thatexpends energy!
•60 minutes a day!
•Physical activity can help you lose weight,gain weight, or maintain weight.
•Helps relieve stress
•Promotes normal appetite response
•Increases self esteem
•Releases endorphins, which can lightenyour mood and make you feel happier.
Weight Gain
•Eat nutritious snacks!!
–Nuts or dried fruit
EXERCISE REGULARLY!
If you are increasing yourcaloric intake to gain weight,working out will help thatweight gain become musclenot fat.
