Weight Management

9.NPA.3.1Differentiate between healthy and unhealthy plans for weight gain, maintenance and loss

9.NPA3.1 Investigate and differentiate 2 unhealthy current weight loss products on the market and one fad diets with a healthy plan

9.NPA.4 Apply lifelong nutrition and health-related fitness concepts to enhance quality of life.

True/False

• When you diet, the first weight you lose will be from fat.

• Its okay to completely cut out an entire type of food to lose weight faster

• Exercise is more important in weight loss than diet

• Steroids can cause liver damage• NREM as a type of sleep stands for Non-

Recurring Energy of Movement

Answers• FALSE!! When you first begin to lose weight it is mostly

water weight, so make sure you aren’t becoming dehydrated!

• FALSE! It is not healthy to completely get rid of entire food group such as grains or meat, but it is possible. Most people begin to crave it so bad from completely cutting it out that they overeat it the next time they allow themselves to eat that food.

• FALSE! Exercise is a great way to maintain your body weight and stay fit, but the best way to lose weight is to focus on your diet. Calories in need to be less than calories out!

• TRUE!! Steroids are very dangerous for your body and have tons of negative side effects!

• FALSE! It stands for NON-RAPID EYE MOVEMENT. This is the time during your sleep where you have little brain activity and your eyes do not move, versus other times when you have more brain activity and your eyes are moving quickly underneath your eyelids.

Your body

• The way you perceive yourself is known as your body image.

• During teenage years, you go through many changes at different times than others, so it is common to feel unhappy with certain things about yourself as you grow taller, stay shorter, gain weight, etc.

Body Image Video Clip

Accept Yourself!• Some people are taller,

some people are shorter.

• Hormones that begin circulating through your body during puberty cause others to gain weight, lose weight, or develop sooner.~Talk to a trusted adult about your feelings

• You can’t change your basic body type, you might hurt yourself in the process, so accept yourself!

Fad Diets

• Teens unhappy with their body may try fad diets

Fad diets are popular for a very short time, and often promote a large amount of weight loss effortlessly.

Fad diets focus on fast weight loss rather than a new lifestyle habit of eating healthy, so weight is usually regained.

Weight loss Products

• Americans spend an estimated $42 billion annually on weight loss foods, products, and services.

HYDROXYCUT

NBC News

Commercial

Benefits of Hydroxycut:weight loss (average 12 lbs), increased metabolism, increased energy, decreased appetite

Consequences of Hydroxycut:

Increased blood pressure, heart rate,

sweating

Headaches, light-headedness, and

dizziness

Not FDA approved

Liquid Diets• Replaces all solid foods with a liquid

formula usually for weight loss reasons.• Lacks fiber• Consumer does not get full digestive

process so they feel hungry sooner and aren’t fully satisfied

Diet Pills

• Diet pills usually claim that they can suppress your appetite, increase your metabolism, or make you feel full quicker.

• Can be addictive• Have serious side effects: racing heart,

anxiety, dehydration, vomiting or diarrhea, numbness of skin, dry mouth, lightheaded, weaker, etc.

Fasting

• Prolonged period of time where there is NO CONSUMTION of food.

• Deprives body of needed nutrients and can dehydrate you.

• Some religions require that people fast for short periods of time. – This is safe.

Healthy Ways to Gain weight

• Chose higher calorie food from one of the 5 major food groups.– Chose whole milk rather than skim milk

• Make sure the foods you chose are not only higher in calorie, but nutrient rich, so your providing useful calories so you can grow.– A Pop-Tart may be high in calories, but they have little nutritional value, whereas a pack of almonds has a lot of calories and tons of nutritional value.

Physical Activity- anything that expends energy!

• 60 minutes a day!

• Physical activity can help you lose weight, gain weight, or maintain weight.

• Helps relieve stress

• Promotes normal appetite response

• Increases self esteem

• Releases endorphins, which can lighten your mood and make you feel happier.

Weight Gain

• Eat nutritious snacks!!– Nuts or dried fruit

EXERCISE REGULARLY!

If you are increasing your caloric intake to gain weight, working out will help that weight gain become muscle not fat.