Diet - comes from the Greek Word "diaita" meaning 'way of life'
Mindful Eating is maintaining an in-the-moment awareness of the food you put in your body
Mindful Eating is observing how the food makes you feel and the signals your body sends about taste, satisfaction, and fulness
Mindfulness can be a powerful tool when choosing what to eat, how we are eating, and how our choices affects our health and the environment
Eating Habit - also known as 'food habit'
Eating habits pertain to the reason how and why people eat which food they eat and with whom they eat
Eating habits also deals with the ways you obtain, store, use, discard food
Factors the Influence Eating Habits
individual
cultural
political
economic
religious
social
environmental
Ways to Modify Eating Habits:
Eat more nutritious food
Include fruits and vegetables in your meals
Decrease portion sizes of food
Reduce the intake of sweets, oily, food and sodium
Avoid skipping meals
Ways to Achieve a Healthy Lifestyle:
Eat nutritious food
Exercise regularly
Have enough rest and sleep
Be physically active
Avoid vices
Manage stress
Active Recreational Activities:
Leisure
Recreation
Leisure is any free time that can be used to pursue personal interest
Recreation is an individual's preferred pleasurable and enjoyable activities which he engages during leisure time
Types of Recreation:
Active
Passive
Active recreation are activities that require a considerable expenditure of energy
Passive recreation are activities that involve little exertion but is generally sustained
Overweight means having more body weight than is considered normal or healthy for one's age or build
Obesity is the condition of being obese which means that there is a large amount of excessive body fat with a BMI of over 30
Causes of Overweight or Obesity:
Overeating
Sedentary Lifestyle
Metabolic or eating disorder
Physical disabilities and food allergies
Psychological and mental conditions caused by eating disorders
Types of Eating Disorders:
Anorexia nervosa
Binge-eating
Bulimia Nervosa
Emotional eating
Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by self-imposed starvation to lose and maintain very low body weight due to false or distorted perception of being fat
Binge-eating is characterized by uncontrollable episodes of eating excessive amount of food within a relatively short time
Bulimia nervosa is characterized by a pattern of binge-eating then purging an attempt to lose weight
Emotional eating is the consumption of large quantities of food to suppress negative emotions
Aspects of Physical Fitness:
Dynamic Fitness
Static/Medical Fitness
Motor Skill Fitness
Importance of Physical Fitness:
saves money
stays active
improves the quality of life
increases your life expectancy
improves health
Health-related Fitness:
Body Composition
Cardiovascular Endurance
Muscular Strength
Muscular Endurance
Flexibility
Skill-related Fitness:
Agility
Coordination
Reaction Time
Balance
Power
Speed
Physical fitness is the optimum level of health where healthy individuals can perform daily activities free from any form of fatigue
PPFT - Philippine Physical Fitness Test
Initial Test - administered at the beginning of the school year
Post Test - administered at the end of the school year