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RIGHT FOODS
DURING
ADOLESCENCE
ACTIVITY
Pass the Message!

• The class will be divided into four (4) groups. Each group will be given
a sentence related to the lesson. Each group will fall in line; the first
person in the line will read the sentence and pass it on to the next
one until the message is delivered to the last person in the line. The
group that delivered correctly with the fastest time will be the winner
and will be given a prize.
 LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

At the end of the lesson, the students should be

able to:
a. identify right food during adolescence;
b. understand the importance of food pyramid.
c. perform an activity relating to the right foods
to eat during adolescence.
 Good nutrition is critical during
the teenage years to ensure
healthy growth and development.
Healthy diet must meet the
changing nutritional need of a
teenager.

“ YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT”

 NUTRITION
It is the science that deals
with the process of taking
food and using it for
growth, metabolism, and
repair.
 NUTRIENTS
Are chemical compounds in
food which are essential in
life and health, providing us
with energy, building blocks
for repair and growth and
substances necessary to
regulate chemical process.
 TWO TYPES
OF
NUTRIENTS

MACRONUTRIENTS MICRONUTRIENTS
 MACRONUTRIENTS
Are vitamins and minerals
needed by the body in very
small amounts. However, their
impact on a body's health is
critical, and deficiency in any of
them can cause severe and
even life-threatening
conditions.
 MICRONUTRIENTS
Are the nutrients we need in
larger quantities that provide us
with energy, fat, protein and
carbohydrate. Micronutrients are
mostly vitamins and minerals,
and are equally important but
consumed in very small
amounts.
NUTRIENTS THAT
OUR BODY NEEDS
 CARBOHYDRATES

Substances, found in certain

kinds of food that provide
you with energy.
 PROTEINS
They are the basis of
body structures, such as
skin and hair, and of
other substances such as
enzymes, cytokines, and
antibodies.
 FATS
The most concentrated
form of food energy
(calories).
 VITAMINS
Vitamins help your
body grow and work
the way it should be.
Vitamins are essential
nutrients, required in
small amounts.
 MINERALS
Required for growth,
maintenance and
reproduction.
 WATER
Water is used by the
body as a medium to
transport gases,
nutrients, and waste
products.
A healthy well-balanced diet is important
for the whole body.
The amount of food you eat depends on
your age, size, and energy requirements.
 FOOD GUIDE PYRAMID
(Food and Nutrition Research Institute)

• Can be used to plan a healthful

diet.
• Designed by Food and Nutrition
Research Institute.
• Designed to help Filipinos avoid
malnutrition and micronutrient
deficiency.
 HEALTHY EATING FOOD
PYRAMID FOR TEENAGERS
(AGED 12 TO 17) FATS & SWEETS
eat the least

PROTEIN
2 servings

DAIRY
2-3 servings

FRUITS & VEGETABLES

Vegetables: at least 3 servings
Fruits: at least 2 servings

CARBOHYDRATES
4 - 6 bowls
 NUTRITIONAL PROBLEMS OF
ADOLESCENTS

MALNUTRITION UNDERNUTRITION OVERNUTRITION

 MALNUTRITION

- is a disordered nutritional
imbalance due to lack or
excessive amount of nutrients.
It affects both the physiological,
physical and emotional well-
being of an individual.
MALNUTRITION

Malnutrition can lead to:

• Short and long-term health problems

• Slow recovery from wounds and illnesses
• Higher risk of infection
• Difficulty of focusing on work or school
• Delay in growth and development
• Poor nutrition in adulthood
UNDERNUTRITION

- is a condition wherein a person

does not eat or take the daily
needed nutrients and nutritional
requirements leading to diseases
and deficiencies.
Why are adolescents undernourished?

• Poor food choices because of media

and peers
• Poor eating habits
• Skipping breakfast
• Too conscious on the amount and
kinds of food they eat
• Puberty
• Lower intake of food rich in iron and
vitamin C
• Eating disorder
 OVERNUTRITION

- happens when a person eats and

gets nutritional requirements
beyond the needed and ideal
amount as well as eating too much
of wrong food.
Causes of Overnutrition

• Consuming high calorie foods beyond

the recommended limits
• Living a sedentary lifestyle
• Lack of sleep
• Too much consumption of fats in food
• Genetic disorders
 NUTRITIONAL
GUIDELINES:
• Eat a variety of foods.
• Maintain ideal weight.
• Avoid too much fat, saturated fat, and cholesterol.
• Eat foods with adequate starch and fiber.
• Avoid too much sugar.
• Avoid too much sodium.
• If you drink alcohol, do so in moderation
ACTIVITY

• Directions: Compose a 3 stanza piece (rap, spoken poetry, song) about

the right foods to eat during adolescence. Each group will select one
(1) among the suggested activities which you think is easy for you to
accomplish. This will be perform in front of the class.
RUBRICS
CATEGORY 10 8 5
Content The piece is The piece is The piece is
appropriate and appropriate and appropriate and
accurate to the lesson accurate to the lesson accurate to the lesson
with no language with few language with too many
errors. errors. language errors.

Presentation The piece is engaging The piece is moderately The piece is lowly
and creative. engaging and creative. engaging and creative.

Clarity Ideas are perfectly Ideas are moderately Ideas can be confusing.
presented. presented.
ASSIGNMENT
Directions: Write your answers in 1 whole sheet of yellow paper. In 3-5 sentences,
express your thoughts about the foods needed by an adolescent like you in order to
become healthy. Name some of the essential nutrients that our body needs in
order to become healthy.

CATEGORY 10 8 5
Content The ideas are The ideas are The ideas are not
accurate to the moderately accurate accurate to the
topic. to the topic. topic.
Clarity The ideas are well The ideas are The ideas are not
explained. moderately well explained.
explained.
Relevance All the information Some of the Some information
are relevant to the information are are lack of details
topic and easy to relevant to the topic and irrelevant to the
understand. and easy to topic.
understand.
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