ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:

1.Why should one eat?

2.What makes one’s diet
balanced?
3.Are you nutritionally fit to
live?
NUTRITION
It refers to one’s food choice
and the effects of its specific
components of health.
NUTRIENTS
It is the chemical substance
in food used for body growth
and health.
CALORIE

•It expresses the amount of

energy in food.
BALANCED DIET
•It is the right proportion of
calories, nutrients, and other
components of food in one’s diet
 GOOD NUTRITION
PROVIDES THE BODY
WITH ALL THE
NUTRIENTS IT NEEDS.
GOOD NUTRITION BEGINS WITH THE
FIRST DIETARY GUIDELINES:

“EAT A VARIETY OF
FOOD”
MY PLATE
•THE CURRENT
NUTRITION GUIDE
PUBLIHED BY THE US.
•IT REPRESENTS THE FOUR
GROUPS AND THE
CERTAIN NUTRITIONAL
BENEFITS THEY PROVIDE.
MY PLATE
• THIS PLATE MODEL
ILLUSTRATES THE IMPORTANCE
OF VARIED DIET WITH FOOD
FROM EACH FOOD GROUP.
• THE PURPOSE OF THIS DESIGN
IS TO HELP PEOPLE MAKE
HEALTHIER AND SMARTER
FOOD CHOICES.
MY PYRAMID
• UPDATED VERSION OF AMERICAN FOOD GUIDE
PYRAMID. (April 2005)
• It urges consumers to select a diet of basic food at the
appropriate calorie level.
• Encourages people to engage in daily physical activity.
1. VARY YOUR FRUITS AND VEGGIES
DAILY
• Get 2 cups of fruits and 2 ½ cups of vegetables
in your diet.
• Rich in fibers and essential nutrients and low in
calories.
2. CALCIUM FOR HEALTHY BONES
•Teens need 1,300 mg or 3 cups of calcium
a day.
•To help promote healthy and strong bones.
3. POWER UP WITH PROTEIN
• Teens need 5-6 oz. of protein rich food.
3. POWER UP WITH PROTEIN
• Teens need 5-6 oz. of protein rich food.
• Sufficient supply of protein in one’s diet promote
growth, preserves lean muscles mass and healthy
immunity.
4. MORE WHOLE GRAINS.
• Get at least 6 ouz. of grains in your meal each day.
• A whole grain contains the bran, erm and endosperm
(starchy part)
• Grain are important sources of energy and many nutrient.
• Vitamin B complex (Thiamin(Vit B1), Rivoflavin (Vit B2),
Niacin(Vit. B3) and folate)
• Minerals ( iron, magnesium and selenium)
5. CHOOSE HEALTHY FATS
• Limit fat intake to 25-35 percent of your
calories.
• Fat is usually associated with weight gain.
• But fat in diet is also an essential nutrient.
• It provides the body with energy and helps the
body absorb essential nutrients.
BITTER GOURD GRAPES
BEEF MACARONI ELBOW
FISH WHEAT BREAD
CANOLA OIL STRAWBERRY
LADY’S FINGER AVOCADO
FRUIT VEGETAB PROTEIN GRAINS FATS
LE RICH
FOOD
ACTIVITY: 2 DAY MEAL PLAN
JOURNAL NO. 1

1. With the increasing number of fast-food centers in urban communities, do you think you
still eat right every time you eat outside? Defend your answer.
2. Do you agree or disagree that good nutrition without exercise is not good health at all?
Justify your answer.
MALNUTRITION

P P. 3 5 2
WHAT IS MALNUTRITION?
 WHAT ARE THE NEGATIVE
EFFECTS OF MALNUTRITION
AMONG ADOLESCENTS?
TWO TYPES OF MALNUTRITION?
• PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION ( PEM)
- not enough protein and calorie intake
• MICRONUTTRIENT DEFICIENCY
- lack or shortage of essential vitamins and
minerals for proper growth and development
WAYS TO PREVENT MALNUTRITION
AND MICRONUTRIENTS
DEFICIENCIES?
1. Food Fortification

Is the process of adding vitamins and

minerals to regular consumed food
products.
WAYS TO PREVENT MALNUTRITION AND
MICRONUTRIENTS DEFICIENCIES?
2. Biofortification – is the process of developing
nutrient-dense staple crop through breeding.
WAYS TO PREVENT MALNUTRITION
AND MICRONUTRIENTS
DEFICIENCIES?
C. Dietary Diversity
– is simply eating a
variety of food that
has a balanced diet.
 WAYS TO PREVENT MALNUTRITION
AND MICRONUTRIENTS
DEFICIENCIES?
C. Dietary Supplement–
is a product in capsule,
tablet, powder, or syrup
that contains vitamins
and minerals intended
to add nutritional values
to the diet.
TRUE OR FALSE.
1. Protein-energy malnutrition is a condition wherein a
person is not getting enough of the micronutrients.
2. Malnutrition occurs only when a person is not getting
enough of the needed nutrient.
3. Vitamins and minerals are called micronutrients because
they are needed by the body in small amount only.
4. A person suffering from night-blindness may have vitamin
A deficiency.
5. Goiter will develop if you lack zinc in your diet.
6. If your diet lacks in calcium, you may develop
osteoporosis later in life.
7. A person suffering from hypocalcemia lacks iron.
8. During the beginning of menstruation, girls need
more iron.
9. Bleeding gums is a sign that you are deficient in
vitamin c.
10. Marasmus and kwashiorkor are kinds of
macronutrient deficiencies.