NUTRITION FOR HEALTH AND FITNESS Flashcards
a. Energy-dense foods include
sweets, deep-fried
foods, French fries, pasta, starchy vegetables, thick
sauces, cheese, nuts, and seeds.
Not getting enough physical activity can lead to
heart disease
c. Estimated amounts of calories needed to
maintain calorie balance for various gender and
age groups at three different levels of physical
activity. The estimates are rounded to the nearest
____ calories.
200
- Personality traits are another cause. In
____ are three personality traits often linked
to a higher risk of developing an eating disorder.
particular, neuroticism, perfectionism, and
impulsivity
- Anorexia Nervosa
generally develops during adolescence or young
adulthood and tends to affect more women than
men.
anorexia generally view themselves as
overweight, even if they’re dangerously
underweight.
the most well-known eating disorder
TWO TYPES:
1. Anorexia Nervosa
● The restricting type - loses weight solely through
dieting, fasting, or excessive exercise.
● The binge eating and purging type - may binge
on large amounts of food or eat very little. In both
cases, after they eat, they purge using activities
like vomiting, taking laxatives or diuretics, or
exercising excessively
- Bulimia Nervosa
tends to develop during adolescence and early
adulthood and appears to be less common among
men than women
frequently eat unusually large amounts of food in a
specific period of time. Each binge eating episode
usually continues until the person becomes
painfully full. During a binge, the person usually
feels that they cannot stop eating or control how
much they are eating
- Binge eating disorder
this disorder has symptoms similar to those of
bulimia or the binge eating subtype of anorexia
● do not restrict calories or use purging behaviors,
such as vomiting or excessive exercise, to
compensate for their binges
- Pica
involves eating things that are not considered food
can occur in adults, as well as children and
adolescents.
this disorder is most
frequently observed in children, pregnant women,
and individuals with mental disabilities
Rumination disorder
a condition in which a person regurgitates food
they have previously chewed and swallowed, re-
chews it, and then either re-swallows it or spits it out
This disorder can develop during infancy,
childhood, or adulthood. In infants, it tends to
develop between 3–12 months of age and often
disappears on its own.
- Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder
Although ARFID generally develops during infancy
or early childhood, it can persist into adulthood.
What’s more, it’s equally common among men and
women
experience disturbed
eating either due to a lack of interest in eating or
distaste for certain smells, tastes, colors, textures,
or temperatures.
FOODS FOR FUEL AND EXERCISE
FUNCTION
Carbohydrates
Carbohydrates
* contain hydrogen
and oxygen in the
same ratio as water
(2:1) and typically
can be broken
down to release
energy in the body
* including sugars,
starch, and
cellulose
to provide energy.
key fuel for the
brain and for muscles during exercise
store carbohydrates
in the muscles and liver as glycogen,
and use these stores as a source of
fuel for physical activity
SOURCES
Carbohydrates
Starchy foods
Wholegrain(fber))
sugar
- Estimated carbohydrate needs for light activity is ____and for high level of activity it is
3-5g (per
kg body weight per day)
6-10g (per kg body weight per day)
FOODS FOR FUEL AND EXERCISE
FUNCTION
Protein
it can boost
glycogen storage, reduce
muscle soreness and
promote muscle repair.
