wellness basics: nutrition, health and wellness

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WELLNESS BASICS

Nutrition, Health and Wellness

Nestl Corporate Wellness Unit


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What is Wellness?

According to World Health

Organization, Wellness is

The state of complete physical,

mental and social well-being

AND not merely the absence

of disease.


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HEALTH

NUTRITION PHYSICAL ACTIVITY


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Health issues related to lifestyle such as hypertension,heart disease & diabetes are increasing.

Why is Nestle into Wellness?

Corporate responsibility of Nestle toits consumers for better nutrition,

health and wellness.


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What we will cover

Health

Indicators

Principle of

Wellness


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What we will cover

Health

Indicators

Principle of

Wellness


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Health Indicators:

Body Mass Index

Waist Circumference

Waist to hip ratio

Know where you stand


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Body Mass Index (BMI) is the

proportion of weight to height

Body Mass Index =

(BMI)

Body Weight (kg)

Height (m) x Height (m)

Its important to understand that

BMI is only an indicator, and does

not provide an idea of body

composition

* These BMI cut-offs are for adults and are not applicable to children

or the elderly who have different body compositions


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BMI of >30 (obese) is associated with

a number of health risks

HYPERTENSION

TYPE 2

DIABETES

METABOLICSYNDROME

CANCER

HEART DISEASE

SHORTNESS OFBREATH

DURING SLEEP


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BMI is only one aspect of a persons

health indicator

Other risk factors: waist circumference, smoking, activity and diet

BMI is not reflective of body composition.

(two people can have the same BMI but a different % body fat)

A bodybuilder with large muscle mass and a low % body fat may

have the same BMI as a person who has more body fat!

6 3/1.88 m Height 6 3/1.88 m

220 lbs/100 kg Weight 220 lbs/100 kg

28 BMI 28


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Get your own BMI!

1. Get your height and your weight

2. Convert your height to meters, weight tokilograms

(____ ft x 12in) x 0.0254 = height in Meter

____ lbs / 2.2 = weight in Kg

3. BMI = weight (kg)

height (m)2

Example: 55kg (1.54m x 1.54m) = 23.2


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BMI cut-off evaluation

Evaluation Cut-off Risk factor

Underweight 30.0 High risk for

lifestyle disease


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Use Wellness Tracker

for easy BMI evaluation


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Use Wellness Tracker

for easy BMI evaluation

Weight: 145 lbs

Height: 56

BMI = 23.5

Healthy


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Knowing your ideal weight

MEN

112 lbs for 5 ft of height

+ 4 lbs for each additional inch

WOMEN

106 lbs for 5 ft of height

+ 4 lbs for each additional inch


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Waist circumference is used to assess

abdominal fat

Person with higher than ideal are known

to have a high risk of health problems

such as

Diabetes

Heart Diseases

Some cancers


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Get your waist circumference!

Measurement:

1. Using navel as reference- MALE: along the navel- FEMALE: 1 inch above the navel

2. In between end of rib and tip of the hipbone

Wellness belt


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What is my healthy waistline?

FEMALE:


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Waist-to-hip ratio determines

my body shape

Apple Shape: more prone

to heart disease, and

hypertension

Pear Shape: more prone

to varicose veins and

orthopedic problems


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Waist / Hip = WHR

Healthy WHR

Female


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What we will cover

Health

Indicators

Principle of

Wellness


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The basic principle in understanding

Nutrition, Health and Wellness


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Nutrition plays a vital role in

achieving wellness

My Wellness Plate


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Facts and Myths in Nutrition


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FACT or MYTH

Crunches makes my tummy smaller

Myth: There is no such thing as spot reduction!


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Low fat is low calorie too.

Myth: Not necessarily.

Cutting back on high fat

foods may not trim

calories if too many

carbohydrate-rich foods

take their place.

FACT or MYTH


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Trans fatty acid behaves like saturated fatty

acids .

Fact. Trans fat is produced through

hydrogenation to make it stable. Inside

the body, it behaves like saturated fatty

acids.

It increases blood cholesterol,

bad cholesterol and decrease

good cholesterol too.

FACT or MYTH


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Is honey better than table sugar?

FACT or MYTH

Myth: Honey is found to

insignificant amounts of

vitamins, minerals & protein

more likely to cause cavities

tastes better


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Sugar causes Type 2 Diabetes

Myth: Obesity is more closely

related to Type 2 DM; sugar

alone is not a culprit for Type 2

DM but sugar may contribute to

obesity.

FACT or MYTH


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Do sugars/sweets cause hyperactivity?

Sugar and norephinephrine:

Sugar elevates norephinephrine twice

in children than adults but change in

behavior is still a theory.

Halloween effect: sugar alters

behavior by providing energy.

However, some studies show that highsugar intake makes children less active

and calmed juvenile delinquents.

FACT or MYTH


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People who have colds should take megadoses of vitamin C

(1000mg/day)

Myth: Megadosing may lessen symptoms

but risks outweigh benefits (e.g. kidney

stones)

a 1g dose is > 10x the RENI

can result in rebound scurvy when

stopped

vitamin C in chewable pill form:

promotes dental decay

FACT or MYTH


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