Diet and Exercise

Diet and Exercise

1. Food Groups

   • Carbohydrates
     • Found in Potatoes, Pasta, Sugar and Rice
       • Source of Energy for Life Processes
   • Fats
     • Cheese,Butter,Oils
       • Life Processes & Make Cell Membranes
   • Proteins
     • Meat, Fish, Eggs
       • Growth and Repair Of Cells
   • Vitamins and Minerals
     • Vitamins- Needed in small amounts to regulate metabolism and keep immune system healthy.

2. Unbalanced Diets

   • Unbalanced diets cause people to be malnourished. For example, someone who eats too little food will become underweight, whereas someone who eats too much food will become overweight.
   • Deficiency Diseases
     • Lack Of Vit.D leads to rickets affecting the growth of the skeleton.
     • Anorexia
     • Scurvy
     • Type 2 Diabetes

3. Exercise

   • If A DIET CONSISTS OF A LOWER ENERGY CONTENT THAN WHAT THE PERSON IS USING, THE PERSON WILL LOSE WEIGHT.
   • Metabolic Rate
     • Affected by: Gender, Age, Inherited Factors, Muscle-Fat Proportion in the body and excercise

4. Inherited Factors

   • Inherited Factors also affect health.
     • For Example, The amount of cholestrol in your blood can affect health- too much can cause diseased arteries.