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Empowering Nutrition Choices for a Healthy Life

Explore the importance of good nutrition and its impact on physical, emotional, and intellectual well-being. Delve into psychological and social aspects of food choices, cultural influences, and childhood eating habits.

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Empowering Nutrition Choices for a Healthy Life

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  1. Food Choices Group questions

  2. Physical Needs What is nutrition? Is the study of nutrients and how they are used by the body

  3. Describe 3 health benefits of practicing good nutrition • It helps you feel and look better • Growth and to become stronger • Overall physical, emotional and intellectual health and well-being

  4. Psychological Needs Give an example of 2 psychological needs that foods meet. • Foods help meet include security, a sense of belonging and enjoyment, What is comfort food? • They are foods associate with feelings of being cared for and rewarded. How does a situation influence the types of food you enjoy? List examples • You want to please your friends and family. So you are going to serve food that they like or go along with a theme of your party.

  5. Social Influences According to the textbook, which social influence has the single greatest influence on your food choices? • Family

  6. Available Resources Put the resources in order of the ones that are the greatest influence on food choice to the least and be able to justify your answer. • Money, Time, Knowledge, abilities, equipment, and a place to buy food List examples of how technology/food supply influences your food choices. • Do you have a garden-you can grow your own fruits and veggies • Family farm • Spoilage problems • Now –planes and truck bring food to you (keep frozen, already prepared, microwave)

  7. Culture Define culture using the definition in your textbook. • Refers to the shared customs traditions and beliefs of a large group of people, such as a nation, race or religious groups.These customs are parts of what defines a group’s unique identity.

  8. Culture cont’d How did geography affect food customs in the past? Why does it have less influence today? • People who live in a particular region of part of the world may be said to make up a cultural group. How does religion influence food choices? • Religion is another basis for defining cultural groups. Members of a particular faith usually have a common set of beliefs and follow specific practices.

  9. Childhood Eating Habits What are the risk factors of unhealthy eating habits? • Psychological problems, including lack of self esteem and depression • Breathing disorders • Bone and joint problems • Diabetes • High cholesterol • Gall bladder disease • High blood pressure • Stroke • Heart disease

  10. Cont’d Using your text, make a list of 5 recommendations for parents who want to encourage their children to eat healthy. • Model appropriate eating habits • Talk about balanced eating habits • Healthy snacks and meals • Read over Canada’s Food Guide • Identify eating problems

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