4.5 Notes – Managing Your Weight• Body Mass Index – “BMI” a way to assess

your body size, taking your height and weight into account

• Calculating your BMI:– 1. multiply your weight in pounds by .45– 2. calculate your height in inches by multiplying

your feet by 12 and adding the inches. Then multiply your height in inches by .025. Square the results.

– 3. divide your answer in step one by your answer in step two

4.5 Notes – Managing Your Weight• Being seriously overweight or underweight can

cause serious health problems.• Your body converts the calories you eat into a type

of energy that your cells can use.• eating disorder – extreme eating behaviors that can

lead to serious illness or even death• anorexia nervosa – an eating disorder in a which a

person that has an intense fear of weight gain and starves him/herself.

• bulimia nervosa – an eating disorder in which a person repeatedly eats large amounts of food and then makes themselves throw up (purges)

4.5 Notes – Managing Your Weight• binge eating disorder –an eating disorder in

which a person repeatedly eats large amounts of food at one time

• Choose lean meats, low-fat dairy foods, baked instead of fried.

• Eat slowly and chew your food well• It takes 20 minutes for your brain to get the

signal that your stomach is full• Do not lose more than ½ to 1 pound a week• Eat smaller servings• Drink lots of water