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    Lesson 1 Nutrition Education

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    The document discusses adolescent nutrition, including introducing important nutrients for adolescents, nutritional status of Filipino adolescents, nutrition and lifestyle diseases, and eating disorders. It aims to explain health and nutrition concerns of adolescents, identify signs of malnutrition, discuss ways to prevent malnutrition, and the relationship between nutrition and common lifestyle diseases. Key points are the importance of proper nutrition during adolescence for growth and development, negative effects of malnutrition like delayed development and poor school performance, and common nutrition issues among adolescents like skipping meals and unhealthy snacking.

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    The document discusses adolescent nutrition, including introducing important nutrients for adolescents, nutritional status of Filipino adolescents, nutrition and lifestyle diseases, and eating disorders. It aims to explain health and nutrition concerns of adolescents, identify signs of malnutrition, discuss ways to prevent malnutrition, and the relationship between nutrition and common lifestyle diseases. Key points are the importance of proper nutrition during adolescence for growth and development, negative effects of malnutrition like delayed development and poor school performance, and common nutrition issues among adolescents like skipping meals and unhealthy snacking.

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    The document discusses adolescent nutrition, including introducing important nutrients for adolescents, nutritional status of Filipino adolescents, nutrition and lifestyle diseases, and eating disorders. It aims to explain health and nutrition concerns of adolescents, identify signs of malnutrition, discuss ways to prevent malnutrition, and the relationship between nutrition and common lifestyle diseases. Key points are the importance of proper nutrition during adolescence for growth and development, negative effects of malnutrition like delayed development and poor school performance, and common nutrition issues among adolescents like skipping meals and unhealthy snacking.

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    Lesson 1 Nutrition Education

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    Anjanette Tenorio
    The document discusses adolescent nutrition, including introducing important nutrients for adolescents, nutritional status of Filipino adolescents, nutrition and lifestyle diseases, and eating disorders. It aims to explain health and nutrition concerns of adolescents, identify signs of malnutrition, discuss ways to prevent malnutrition, and the relationship between nutrition and common lifestyle diseases. Key points are the importance of proper nutrition during adolescence for growth and development, negative effects of malnutrition like delayed development and poor school performance, and common nutrition issues among adolescents like skipping meals and unhealthy snacking.

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    Understanding

    LESSON Nutrition
    1 Education
    TOPIC OUTLINES

    • Introduction to Nutrition
    • Nutritional Status of Filipino Adolescent
    • Nutrients
    • Important Nutrients needed by the body as you
    undergo changes during adolescence.
    • Nutrition and Lifestyle Disease
    • Nutritional Problem of an adolescents
    • Different types of eating disorder
    OBJECTIVES

    • Explain the health and nutrition concerns of


    adolescent
    • Identify the characteristics , signs and symptoms of
    malnutrition
    • Show ways to prevent malnutrition
    • Discuss the relationship between nutrition and
    common lifestyle disease
    • Differentiate the diff. types of eating disorder
    • Why are adolescents undernourished?
    • What are the negative effects of malnutrition
    among adolescents?
    • Why is adolescent nutrition important?
    NUTRITION
    • Is the area of health that focuses on making
    food choices that will promote growth and
    development and will reduce the risk of
    diseases and illnesses.
    • Good nutrition is dependent on the
    combination of food that provides the various
    nutrients on a daily basis.

    • What will happen if we eat too much or too


    less?
    The best time to establish proper health and
    nutrition practices and behaviours is during
    adolescence.

    Adolescence - is a period of transition between


    childhood to adulthood.
    How does proper nutrition help during
    adolescence stage?
    • Predict the possible effects of overweight and
    underweight issues to student’s lives.
    • Why are adolescents undernourished?
    What are the nutrition concerns of
    adolescents?
    • Skipping breakfast
    • Poor selection of foods eaten during
    meals/lunch
    • Poor snacking
    • Practice the fad diets to lose weight
    • Eating disorders
    Why are adolescents undernourished?
    • Poor eating habits
    • Poor food choices and intakes because of peers and
    media
    • Too conscious of the kinds and amounts of food they
    eat
    • School canteens or cafeterias serve less nutritious
    foods
    • Low intake of iron and Vitamin C-rich foods
    • Skipping breakfast and poor meals
    What are negative effects of
    malnutrition among adolescents?
    • Delay in growth and development
    • Poor performance in school
    • Being sluggish and gets tired easily
    • Delay in the development of secondary sexual
    characteristics
    • Poor nutrition in adulthood
    • The formula for BMI is:

    Weight in pounds x 703


    (height in inches)²
    or
    Weight in kilograms
    (height in meters)²
    Weight in kilograms
    (height in meters)²
    Weight in pounds x 703
    (height in inches)²
    BMI WEIGHT CATEGORIES

    BMI Weight Status

    Below 18.5 Underweight

    18.5 - 24.9 Normal

    25 - 29.9 Overweight

    30.0 + Obese

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