Nutrition

• Nutrition is what you eat
• A balance diet will have the right amount of the five nutrients, as well as fibre and water
• Carbohydrates are like a few for your body, active or growing people need lots of carbohydrates
• Proteins are vital for growth and repair damaged areas
• Lipids act as a store of energy, which you use if your body runs out of carbohydrates
• Vitamins are only needed in very small amounts. They keep many vital processes happening.
• Fibre helps food move through your digestive system
• The amount of energy you need each day, depends on your body mass and level of activity
• Heavier and the more active you are the more energy you will need
• Every cell in the body needs energy, so the bigger you are the more cells you have, and the more energy you need
• You also need energy to move, and it takes more energy to move a bigger mass
• For every KG of body mass you need 5.4 kJ of energy every hour
• The more active, you are the more energy you will need
• Obesity is, where are you taking more energy from your diet than you use up? Your body will store the extra energy as fat so you will put on weight.
• Obesity can lead to health problems such as high blood pressure and heart disease
• Starvation is where people don’t get enough food to eat
• Effects of starvation includes slow growth, more likely to get infections and irregular periods in women