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The feeling of physical discomfort that is caused by your body's need for nutrients.
What is Hunger?
A learned desire for food based on emotional or other factors rather than nutritional need.
What is Appetite?
Rate at which you use energy when your body is at rest.
What is your Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)?
Heredity
Level of Activity
Body Composition
What are Factors that Determine a Person's Weight?
Ratio of body weight to height.
What is Body Mass Index (BMI)?
Refers to a person who is heavier than the standard for the person's weight.
What is Overweight?
Refers specifically to adults that have a BMI of 30 or higher.
What is Obesity?
The key to avoiding health problems associated with being overweight.
What is Prevention?
Can help you avoid becoming overweight in the first place.
What is Healthy Eating and Regular Exercise?
The measure of how much body fat is present compared to muscle and bone.
What is Body Composition?
Refers to a person who is lighter than the standard for the person's weight.
What is Underweight?
High blood pressure
Excess cholesterol in the blood
Excess glucose in the blood
Heart disease
Stroke
Diabetes
Certain Cancers
What are the Health Risks for Overweight and Obesity?
Personal preferences
Cultural background
Time and convenience
Friends and family
Media, including social media
What are Factors that Influence Food Choices?
Anemia
Heart Irregularities
Trouble regulating body temperature
What are Health Risks for being Underweight?
When someone refrains from eating for a certain period of time.
What is Fasting?
Eat smaller portions, eat food slowly.
Don't eat when you're watching tv, take a walk instead of eating.
Don't eat when you are upset and don't be upset if you overeat.
What are Strategies for Sensible Weight Loss?
Avoid snacks before mealtimes.
Choose nutrient-dense foods that are high in calories.
Don't increase your fat intake over what is recommended.
Try not to skip meals.
Do not neglect exercise if you are increasing caloric intake.
What are Strategies for Sensible Weight Gain?
A group of diseases that result in too much sugar in the blood.
What are Diabetes Mellitus such as Type 2 Diabetes, Type 1 Diabetes, Prediabetes, and Gestational Diabetes?
Lower BMI
Lower risk of heart disease
Lower blood pressure
Lower risk for type 2 diabetes
What are Benefits of a Vegetarian or Vegan Diet?
Inadequate intake of Vitamin B12 - results in nerve damage.
Lack of adequate Calcium - bone loss.
Protein deficiency - loss of muscle and hair.
What are Risks of a Vegetarian or Vegan diet?
Response by immune system to the proteins in particular foods.
What is a Food Allergy?
The inability to digest a particular food or food additive.
What is a Food Intolerance?
The practice of greatly increasing carbohydrate intake and decreasing exercise on days before a competition.
What is Carbohydrate Loading?
A popular diet that may help a person lose or gain weight but without proper regard for nutrition and other health issues.
What are Fad Diets?
Includes pills and candies that are supposed to suppress appetite.
What are Diet Aids?