• I AM HUNGRY NOW!!!!!!!!

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Chapter 1
Food, Nutrition, and Health

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 Nutrients in Food
• Provide energy
• Build tissue
• Regulate metabolic processes
• Individual nutrients have many special
metabolic functions
• No nutrient ever works alone

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 Nutrition
• Refers to the intake of food in relation to the
body dietary needs. Good nutrition depends
on the combination of food having the
required different nutrients we should take on
a daily basis.

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 Energy Sources
(…Cont’d)

• Proteins
 Source of energy when supply from
carbohydrates and fats is insufficient
 Primary function is tissue building
 Should provide 10%-35% of total kilocalories

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 Why is adolescent nutrition
important?

• The physical changes during adolescence

affect the body’s nutritional needs. For boys
mass increases and girls increase body fats

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 • Nutrition health during adolescence is
important to support the growth of your body
and to prevent future health problem

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 Nutritional Guidelines for
Adolescent
• Calcium - is need to reach the largest amount
of bone tissue(1000mg of calcium per day)
• Iron – teenagers need additional iron for the
growth spurt. (for boys 13 to 15 yrs old is
20mg/day)(for girls 21mg/day)
• Protein – need of adolescent from 13-15yrs of
age(boys 71grams/day)(girls 63grams/day)
• Energy – during adolescence boys need
more energy food for increased physical
activities compared to girls.(boys
2800kilocalories)(girls 250 kilocalories)
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 Food Guide Pyramid

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 Dietary Guidelines for
Americans

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 Complete the following statements:
• 1. I discovered that my eating habit is
___________________________.
• 2. I am aware that
__________________________________________
• 3. As an adolescent, I need to eat
_______________________________.
• 4. I will encourage my family and friends to
eat___________________.
• 5. From now on I will
________________________________________.

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 Assignment
• Food pyramid base on your eating habits

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