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Healthful Weight

Healthful Weight. Desirable Weight. Weight suggested for your age, gender, height, and body build You look and feel your best at your desirable weight. Calories. Unit of energy produced by food and used by the body Calories are used to breathe, digest food, all activities

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Healthful Weight

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  1. Healthful Weight

  2. Desirable Weight • Weight suggested for your age, gender, height, and body build • You look and feel your best at your desirable weight

  3. Calories • Unit of energy produced by food and used by the body • Calories are used to breathe, digest food, all activities • Caloric Intake – total number of calories eaten each day • Caloric Output – total number of calories used each day • Desirable weight achieved when intake is roughly the same as output

  4. Underweight • Weight below your desirable weight • Eat fewer calories than you use • May not get all the nutrients needed or lack energy • Gain by eating more servings from the 5 groups, more fiber, and healthy snacks between meals

  5. Anaerobic Exercise • Use more oxygen than the body can supply • Lifting weights • Muscle weighs more than fat • Gain muscle without adding fat

  6. Overweight • Weight above your desirable weight • Eat more calories than you use • Extra calories are stored as fat cells • Eat a balanced diet and avoid high calorie foods • Eat the fruits and vegetables with few calories • Eat correct servings

  7. Aerobic Exercise • Use a lot of oxygen for a period of time • Uses calories and firms muscles • Results in less fat and more muscles

  8. Homework • Complete calorie worksheet if not finished • Study for test using study guide and practice test

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