Nutrients & Energy
Bellringer/EQ/Standard
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Standard: HUM-FNW-4:Evaluate nutritional
information in relation to wellness for
individuals and families.
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EQ: What are the 6 nutrient classes?
Assignment- Groups (3 max) or On
Your Own!
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Materials
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3 Large Sheets of Construction Paper
Glue
Magazine
Scissors
Directions:
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Label the 6 nutrient classes on a piece of
construction paper. You will find pictures of food
or drink that correspond to each nutrient class.
You will glue the picture that represents that
nutrient class making it look like a collage.
Bellringer 9/18/13
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Work on Shopping Decisions Study Guide
(Fill-in-The Blank).
9/13/13- Agenda
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Please be sure you have completed your
food design label projects!
Complete Shopping Decisions fill-in the blank
worksheet. Some of you did on yesterday.
The sheet is for grade.
Complete your study guide for chapter 11 test
coming up on Wednesday!
6 classes of nutrients
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Carbohydrates
Proteins
Fats
Vitamins
Minerals
water
Water
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60% of an human adult body weight
What Nutrients Do For You
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Give you energy. (Carbs, fats, and proteins)
Build and Repair your body. (proteins)
Keep your body processes going. (Vitamins &
minerals)
RDA
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Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA):
the amount of a nutrient that will meet the
needs of nearly all the healthy people of a
specific age and gender.
Daily Values
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Daily Values: daily nutrient amounts used in
food labeling.
Getting Few Nutrients
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Nutrient Deficiency: Shortage of a nutrient.
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Results in poor health or lack of energy.
Malnutrition: serious health problems caused
by a continuing lack of nutrients.
Body Mass Index
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BMI= weight x 703 ÷ height (in inches) x
height (in inches).
Calories
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Calories: units used to measure energy.
BMR
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Basal Metabolic Rate: the amount of energy
used for body functions.
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The human body uses about 1200 calories or
more per day for all the basic living processes.
Assignment
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Complete Check Your Knowledge questions
on page 88 in textbook. Complete numbers:
1, 5, 7, 12, 14, 16, and 17 only! Write the
questions and answers.
Sources of Carbs
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Grain products
Vegetables
Dry beans
Saturated Fats
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Fats that are hard at room temperature.
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Ex: butter, stick margarine, fats in meat.
Unsaturated Fats
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Fats that are liquid at room temperature.
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Ex: vegetable oil
Cholesterol
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A waxy substance that is part of every cell of
your body.
Found in foods such as egg yolks, poultry,
meat, and dairy products
Amino Acids
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The many small units that make up protein.
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Food source: fish
Antioxidants
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Vitamins A, C, & E that helps protect your
body from cell damage that can lead to health
problems.
Water Soluble Vitamins
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Vitamins that dissolve in water
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Thiamin
Riboflavin
Niacin
Vitamin B6
Vitamin B12
Folate
Vitamin C
Fat Soluble Vitamins
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Vitamins that dissolve in fat.
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Vitamin A
Vitamin D
Vitamin E
Vitamin K
Assignment
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Working in groups of no more than 5 or
working alone, complete the following steps:
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Cut 4 pieces of yarn, each in a different color to
represent a different part of the digestive tract.
Get 1 piece of easel paper.
Each piece of yarn should be at least 10 inches
long.
Tie pieces of yarn and label each segment with
the corresponding part of the digestive tract.
Osteoporosis
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A condition in which bones become porous
and can break easily.
Dietary Supplement
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Provides extra nutrients in the form of pills,
capsules, liquid, or powder.
Chapter 7
Eating the Dietary Guidelines
Good Sources of Carbs
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Rice
Pasta
Squash
Potatoes
Peas
Corn
Dietary Guidelines for Americans
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Provides advice about food choices and
active living for all healthy people age 2 and
over.
Diet
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Everything you eat and drink
Risk Factors
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Conditions that increase your chances of
having health problems. Ex: heart disease or
cancer
Sugary Foods
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Can cause tooth decay
Labels with corn sweetener, fructose, honey,
maltose, molasses, sugar, and syrup are all
high in sugar.
MyPlate
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A daily guide for healthful eating and living.
Nutrient Dense
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Contribution of a significant amount of
several nutrients compared with the food
energy or calories they contain.
Discrestionary calories
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Soft drinks, candy, and other fatty & sugary
foods
Combination Foods
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Mixtures of several ingredients that belong in
two or more food groups
Assignment
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Work on your food item project. Please make
sure you follow your rubric carefully.
If you are finished with your project, work on
Food Additives activity. You will need the
laptop to complete this activity.
Assignment
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Anatoli case study: skip numbers: 5, 8, 15, 19