Healthful Weight

1. Healthful Weight

2. Desirable Weight • Weight suggested for your age, gender, height, and body build • You look and feel your best at your desirable weight

3. Calories • Unit of energy produced by food and used by the body • Calories are used to breathe, digest food, all activities • Caloric Intake – total number of calories eaten each day • Caloric Output – total number of calories used each day • Desirable weight achieved when intake is roughly the same as output

4. Underweight • Weight below your desirable weight • Eat fewer calories than you use • May not get all the nutrients needed or lack energy • Gain by eating more servings from the 5 groups, more fiber, and healthy snacks between meals

5. Anaerobic Exercise • Use more oxygen than the body can supply • Lifting weights • Muscle weighs more than fat • Gain muscle without adding fat

6. Overweight • Weight above your desirable weight • Eat more calories than you use • Extra calories are stored as fat cells • Eat a balanced diet and avoid high calorie foods • Eat the fruits and vegetables with few calories • Eat correct servings

7. Aerobic Exercise • Use a lot of oxygen for a period of time • Uses calories and firms muscles • Results in less fat and more muscles

8. Homework • Complete calorie worksheet if not finished • Study for test using study guide and practice test