Ayana Venson University of Phoenix Fitness and nutrition plays a tremendous part in our everyday life. What we choose to eat and how we choose to eat it decides whether we live a healthy lifestyle or we live an unhealthy lifestyle filled with diseases and ailments. I know this for a fact that being obese causes these particular ailments. There are various ways to fix being unhealthy or obese. This happens through practicing proper nutrition and exercise. I am currently considered to be obese
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Kevin Beem Basic Nutrition Tues.-Thurs. 10-12 Overall Intake My average calorie intake is at 5‚090 while my target is at 2‚800 calories per day. My daily average of calories was way too high‚ and I need to reduce my intake of so many calories. Most of my calories came from fast food‚ and soft drinks that I consume all day. I do burn a lot of calories everyday by working out and I do manual labor everyday as well. The price of fruits and vegetables are a lot more expensive compared
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Proper nutrition is very essential to the human body. An individual’s vitamin‚ mineral‚ fat‚ carbohydrate‚ dietary fiber‚ and water intake plays a key role in human health. Over these few weeks I’ve spent in my human nutrition class‚ I’ve learned more about my personal diet and nutrition habits and how to become more aware on the food and diet choices I make. In this essay I will be discussing various findings about my diet intake as well as problems I may potentially face and possible corrections
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Nutrition The main function of food is to provide us the energy we need. The energy comes in the form of calories (kilocalories) Nutrition Calories come from four sources – carbohydrates‚ lipids (fats)‚ proteins‚ and ethanol. The body does not differentiate calories based on their source. A calorie is a calorie is a calorie. In order to maintain proper nutrition it is important that our calories come from a balance of foods and not a single source. Points to Remember about Nutrition
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Nutrition for Teenagers Nutrition for young people is important to the way their bodies are shaped for the rest of their lives. Teenage diets should maintain growth‚ encourage health and be satisfying. In addition during the teenage years a number of mental and physical changes happen to the body. These incorporate a noticeable acceleration in height‚ and extensive gains in bone and muscle. These changes affect nutritional requirements. For good heatlh the following nutrients
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Food labeling has come a long way. It’s surprising but it wasn’t until 1990 that the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act required all packaged foods to include nutritional information. Required categories of nutritional labeling regulations include the ingredients list‚ serving size‚ nutrition facts‚ and daily value standards of nutrients. Additionally‚ if the product wishes to make claims about nutrients and healthfulness‚ they must substantiate them in some way. Nutritional information for non-packaged
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Nutrition and You Nutrition is the relationship of foods to the health of the human body . Proper nutrition means that you are receiving enough foods and supplements for the body to function at optimal capacity. It is important to remember that no single nutrient or activity can maintain optimal health and well being‚ although it has been proven that some nutrients are more important than others. All of the nutrients are necessary in different amounts along with exercise to maintain proper health
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made up of 4 Parts. Part 1: Know the nutritional needs of children and young people 1. You have been asked to prepare nutritional information for the following people: George‚ a 4-year-old boy Callum‚ a 15-year-old boy. Complete the table below with relevant information / values for each person. Who? This person’s energy requirement is... This person’s nutritional requirements are... Nutritional recommendations for this person are... George‚ a 4-year-old boy 920 kcal – 1300
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and transporters. If necessary‚ the body uses protein to meet energy needs (4 kcals per gram). Excess kcals from protein are stored as body fat. If you consumed 60 grams of protein in a day‚ how many kcals would this convert to? (Choose your answer and delete the rest). (1 point) b) 240 kcals 2. The AMDR (Acceptable Macronutrient Distribution Range) for daily intake of protein is 10% - 35% of an adult’s calorie needs (see Chapter 2‚ page 50-51. If Jessie requires 2000 kcals per day‚ how
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Reflections on Nutrition Overall I have enjoyed every aspect of this class. However‚ I must say that I enjoyed the healthy eating plan assignment. This assignment gave me an overview of my eating habits as a whole. Having to put everything on paper enabled me to acknowledge a change was needed and where the change was needed. Prior to composing a healthy eating plan‚ I was never equipped with the knowledge to know there were nutrients missing from my daily diet. This particular assignment
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