Body Composition CH. 8. What is body composition? ▪ Your body is made up of many different kinds of tissues including muscles, bones, fat, and organs.

Body CompositionCH. 8

What is body composition?

▪ Your body is made up of many different kinds of tissues including muscles, bones, fat, and organs

▪ Many factors contribute to your body composition such as heredity, age, maturation, and healthy such as physical activity and eating habits.

▪ Only two factors you can control is physical activity and nutrition.

▪ Body Fat is most important component because you shouldn’t have too much or too little.

Body Fat

▪ Having too much fat can cause problems such as ▪ Heart desiese▪ Cancer▪ High Blood Pressure ▪ Diabetes

▪ Having too little fat can be a sign of an eating disorder▪ Eating Disorders are serious

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How much body fat should I have?

▪ Everyone needs to have some body fat

▪ The minimum amount of fat a person should have is called essential fat

▪ Fat is stored as energy and can be used to provide fuel for physical activity.

What is Body Mass Index

▪ Body Mass Index or BMI is a formula that uses a persons hight and weight to calculate if they are overweight

▪ The term overweight refers to having more weight than other people which isn’t the same as being high in body fat

How to measure BMI

Review

▪ What is included in the body’s composition?

▪ Which of the following is related to having too much body fat?▪ Diabetes▪ Loss of appetite▪ Too much energy

▪ Which of the following is related to having too little body fat?▪ Heart Disease▪ Cancer▪ An eating disorder▪ High Blood Pressure

Energy Balance: Physical Activity and NutritionCH. 8

Energy Balance

▪ Energy Balance means consuming only as much energy through foods as your body uses each day

▪ One way to measure energy is to count calories of the food you consume

▪ The calories you eat are called calorie intake and the calories your body burns is referred to energy expenditure

▪ People who take in more calories than they expend will gain weight

▪ People who take in fewer calories then they expend will lose weight

What Should I eat?

▪ MyPyramid or MyPlate are guides to help you so you can consume the right kinds and amounts of food

▪ Foods provide us with energy and other important nutrients such as carbohydrates, proteins and fats

Review

▪ What does energy balance mean?

▪ What is a common unit of measure for energy?

▪ What do you call the calories your body burns?

▪ If a person takes in more calories than they expend, what's likely to happen?

▪ What are three major sources of calories?