Calories
Common food Related Health Problems
Eating Disorders
Health and nutrition facts
Vocab
100

How many calories must you burn in order to lose 1lb of fat?

What is 3,500 calories?

100

What common health problem is related to eating to much sugar?

What is Diabetes?

100

What does it mean to binge?

What is eating an excessive amount of food over a short amount of time?

100

Teenage boys need at least what % body fat?

What is 4%?

100

The body's need for food is what?

What is hunger?

200
How many calories does the average American eat? (around)

What is 3,800?

200

How many people are killed each year in the U.S. by heart disease?

What is about 700,000?

200

What is Anorexia?

Eating a very low number of calories in order to lose weight?

200

What are three keys to healthy weight management?

What are eating better, eating less and exercising more?

200

The body's desire for food is called?

What is appetite?

300

The amount of calories in food depends on the amount of what in the food?(it is 3 things)

What are carbohydrates, fats and proteins?

300

Cardiovascular disease affects what organ?

What is the heart?

300

What is bulimia?

What is eating large amounts of food and then throwing up the extra calories.

300
An apple a day keeps who away?

Who is "The Doctor"

300

What does BMI stand for?

What is Body Mass Index?

400

What is the range of how many calories needed by "average" teenager?

2,000-3,500

400

How many people a year die as a result of diabetes?

What is around 300,000?

400

Is it healthy to severely reduce calories in order to lose weight?

What is no?

400

What is the minimum body fat needed for a teenage girl?

What is 10%?

400

The passing of traits from parents to child is?

What is hereditary?

500

Extra calories in your diet are stored as what by our bodies?

What is fat or Glycogen?

500

To be considered obese a person must be at least what %over the recommended weight?

What is 20%?

500

What are 3 factors that may contribute to eating disorders?

What are: body image, genetics, culture, personality, emotions, family?

500

How many lbs. is it safe to lose per week?

What is 2-3 lbs.?

500

What does BMR mean

What is Basal Metabolic Rate?

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