Mary Rose Domingo 12-JOSEPH (STEM)

Task/Activity

PART II: Activity Time!

Part A. Directions: Read the following situations below, then identify its effects to your body
and explain why should it be avoided.

1. Performing a dance without eating any food

To fuel movement, a dancer's body relies on proper nutrition. If you dance without eating
anything, you will experience a lots of effects that can be classified into three categories:
external, internal, and psychological. You can not give your best because you will be tired all the
time, and your body will not feel the same, making you feel stressed, helpless, and clumsy.
Because being a dancer requires the perfect balance of healthy eating, rest, and exercise. The
advantages of proper nutrition are numerous, and this is especially true for dancers. Constant
training wears out muscles, joints, and bones.

2. Didn’t get enough sleep because of too much dance practice:

Due to a lack of sleep, your muscles are unable to recover from the strain placed on them
during dancing. It's difficult to keep breaking down your muscles without giving them time to
recover and grow stronger. Joint pain and stiffness, as well as headaches and body aches, may
be characterised by a lack of sleep. Because sleep stimulates the release of growth hormone,
which is required for dancers to grow and become stronger. Sleep allows for memory
consolidation and motor-sequencing, which is essential for dancers learning new choreography
or technique.

3. Drinks soda right before dance performance:

Soda contains enough caffeine and sugar to give you a boost of energy before dancing, but the
negative impacts of carbonated beverages on dancing outweigh the good benefits. Soda and
other sugary, carbonated drinks can have an impact on your body both during and after
dancing. Even mild dehydration can have an impact on performance. Staying hydrated is critical
to a dancer's performance because fatigue and poor balance are the first signs of dehydration.
Eating the right foods can help you have more energy, focus, and concentration. Finding the
right nutrient balance not only prevents fatigue and injury, but also promotes a long and
healthy career in dance.

4. Having a stage fright:

Dancers may even feel as if they are floating, completely outside of their bodies. Stage fright
takes a huge toll on self-confidence and self-esteem, and it causes some dancers to perform
poorly due to trembling in their hands and knees. Knowing your moves by heart can help to
alleviate any fears right away. The more you practice, the more at ease you'll feel on stage.

Part B. Directions: Identify the following types of eating and discuss how it affects you in
performing dances.

1. Fueling for Performances - This eating style is typically associated with dancers/performers
who plan their daily food intake in order to perform at peak levels during performance. Dancers
and others who regularly engage in high-intensity activities must consume the proper type and
amount of food to ensure peak performance when required. Some dancers may be able to keep
up the restriction by consistently eating very small amounts or cutting out food groups entirely.
This will lead to weight loss, but because the dancer is not getting enough fuel, the body will
begin to break down muscle. The breaking down of the body, or catabolism, is part of the
reason eating disorders and disordered eating is so dangerous.

2. Emotional Eating - Some people are either motivated or not motivated to eat depending on
their mood. In each of these cases, food serves as a temporary distraction. Emotional eating
can become problematic if it's used in place of other coping mechanisms, if it becomes a
pattern, or if it's accompanied by negative thoughts or guilt. You might successfully eat less
throughout the day, then when no one is watching you lose control and eat too much. This
leads to guilt, more restricting, more binges and it’s a slippery slope.

3. Special Eating - Traditions can be associated with and influenced by food. Eating is commonly
associated with celebrations, holidays, family reunions, and religious traditions. Similarly, when
it comes to our food choices, our home can have the most influence. Most of the time, the food
we eat at home is the same food we prefer even when we reach adulthood. Some dancers of
course loves to eat but they can't eat too much because some people easily gain weight so it is
important to note that disordered eating and unrealistic body goals are a contributing factor of
malnutrition in dancers.

4. Eating Out of Habit for Recreation or Habitual or Recreational Eating- Even if they are not
hungry, some people eat snacks while watching TV or when they get home from work or school
because it has become a habit. Likewise, some people eat dessert even after a filling meal
because they have become very used to doing so. It is extremely important that we understand
ourselves, our eating habits, and our food preferences. It is equally important and emotions
that encourage us to eat, even when we make poor food choices. Some people says that "I
can’t control what is around me ,let me control my food,” but often, many cases end up
controlling the dancer. It does not merely manifest in food issues, but it controls how the
dancer acts, behaves, feels, and thinks. The more control they think they have, the more it is
the disorder controlling them.