Nutrition and Physical Activity

Unit Learning Objectives:

1) Distinguish between Healthy and Unhealthy ways to Manage Weight.

2) Distinguish between facts and myths regarding nutrition practices, products, and physical performance.

3) Demonstrate the ability to use the information on food labels to choose nutrient-dense foods and beverages, and to avoid or limit foods and beverages that low in nutrients or may impact health conditions.

4) Assess one physical activity according to the current federal dietary guidelines

5) Assess one's personal preferences regarding physical activity.

6) Assess one's personal barriers to physical activity, and develop practical solutions to remove these barriers.

7) Assess one's personal nutrition needs and level of physical activity according to the federal dietary guidelines.

8) Assess one's personal preferences regarding healthy eating and physical activity.

Task 1: Energy Balance, Caloric Intake Tracking

Learning Objectives:

1) Distinguish between Healthy and Unhealthy ways to Manage Weight.

2) Distinguish between facts and myths regarding nutrition practices, products, and physical performance.

Energy Balance:

Calories In vs. Calories Out

Energy In (From Calories in Food & Drinks)

vs.

Calories Out (Calories Burned Out by the body)

Which Include:

BMR - (Basal Metabolic Rate) Energy Needed to Keep Lights on (Organs Functioning Etc.)

NEAT - (Non-Exercise Activity ) - Standing Walking, Moving Around in Daily Activities

EA (Exercise Activity) - Calories Burned From Exercise Activity

TEF (Thermic Effect of Food) - Energy Burned From Digesting Food Items

How do we know our Energy Balance? Track Caloric Intake

Myfitnesspal - Food Tracking Program: Link

Optional Assignment: My Fitnesspal Food Tracking Day 1- Link

You will track 3 Days of Food Intake. Set your goals in Myfitnesspal to "Maintain Current Weight"

**Not Using Myfitnesspal? - Submit pictures of a hand wrote calorie intake log for each day. See Coach Whittaker for Daily Calorie and Macro Goals**

Task 2: Micro and Macro Units, and Food Labels

Learning Objective:

1) Demonstrate the ability to use the information on food labels to choose nutrient-dense foods and beverages, and to avoid or limit foods and beverages that low in nutrients or may impact health conditions.

Task 3: Energy Requirements and Physical Activity

4) Assess one physical activity according to the current federal dietary guidelines

5) Assess one's personal preferences regarding physical activity.

6) Assess one's personal barriers to physical activity, and develop practical solutions to remove these barriers.

7) Assess one's personal nutrition needs and level of physical activity according to the federal dietary guidelines.

8) Assess one's personal preferences regarding healthy eating and physical activity.

Fact: The more lean Body Mass we carry, and the more physically active we are the more energy we will require.

Ex: 4x Worlds Strongest Man Brian Shaw

Physical Activity Recommendations

Edit here