What particular nutritional needs to each of these groups have?

Lesson 3: Weight Problems

Objective:- Regular exercise helps to maintain a healthy weight and reduces the chance of arthritis, high blood pressure and heart disease

Healthy weight, moderately obese, clinically obese

BMI: Body mass indexThis is one way that we can assess a healthy weight. This chart doesn’t always correctly assess high level athletes or person with a highly developed musculature.There is a BMI for adults and one for children and teens.

http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/dnpabmi/

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A healthy diet

• What must you do to maintain a healthy weight?

• Why is maintaining a healthy weight important?

• Why don’t crash diets work?

Analysis assignment, Cr E

• Go to calorie counter and set up an account http://caloriecount.about.com/

You will fill it in for a week (7 days). At the end of the week you will be able to print off a summary of your week and a graph. Using your knowledge of nutrients, analyse your diet.

Summary:1. Why do people that are very thin and some people who are very obese suffer from deficiency diseases?

2. If you take in more ________than you use, the excess is stored as ________if you eat too much over a period of time, you will eventually become_______. To lose weight you need to eat______ and exercise_________.