Chapter 4
Lesson 1 pgs. 94-97, pg. 97 #1-4
Nutrients and Nutrition:
Nutrients: substances in food that your body needs to carry our its normal functions
Nutrition: the process of taking in food and using it for energy, growth, and good health
Six Nutrients:
1. Carbohydrates: sugars and starches contained in foods
2. Proteins: nutrients that provide the building blocks your body needs for growth
3. Fats: nutrients found in fatty animal tissue and plant oils
4. Vitamins: nutrients that help regulate body functions
5. Minerals: elements in foods that help your body work properly
6. Water: essential to life, carries other nutrients around your body and helps with digestion,
removes waste and cools your body.
Lesson 2 pgs. 98-101, pg. 101 #1-5
Following a Healthful Eating Plan
My Pyramid Food Guidance System: system designed to help Americans make healthful food choices
(Figure 4.3, pg. 99)
( Review MY PLATE)
Sides of the My Pyramid
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Grain Group: Orange Group
Vegetables: Green Group
Fruits: Red Group
Milk: Blue Group
Meats and Beans: Purple Group
Oils: Yellow Group ( represents the oils and fats you should eat in only small amounts)
Lesson 3: pgs. 102-107, pg. 107# 1-3
Making Healthful Food Choices
Your food choices and you:
 Your eating habits and influences
1. Media
2. Culture
3. Friends
4. Personal taste
Guidelines for Healthy Teens
 Eat a variety of foods
 Control the amount you eat
 Be physically active
 Keep foods safe to eat
 Keeps snacks healthy
 Choose foods wisely
 Eat more fruits, vegetables, and whole grains
 Know your fats
 Limit added sugars
 Limit salt
Lesson 4: Managing Your Weight (108-111), pg. 111 # 1-5
Achieving a Healthful Weight
 Body Composition: is the fat, bone, muscle, and fluid that make-up your body weight
 Keep your body within healthy range you need to choose healthful foods, control
amount of food and physical activity.
Weight Problems and Teens
 Obese Teens: risk of developing many diseases.
Body Image and the Teen Years
 Body Image: how you view your body
Eating Disorders
 Behavior that can seriously damage the body
1. Anorexia Nervosa: starves themselves
2. Bulimia Nervosa: eat large amounts and then purge
Treatment for eating disorders: help right away , sooner get help better chances of recovery