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Note Taking

Chapter 10 Nutrition for Health

Lesson 1 The Importance of Nutrition

Directions: Use the following outline to help organize your notes as you
read through the lesson.

Key Concept Details

Consider and Reconsider Before reading, write a sentence
or two about why you think nutrition is important. After
reading, add any new information you learned.

Before Reading After Reading

healthy romotes vitality and an overall
live longer sense of health and well-being
by providing the body with
better health in the future energy and nutrients that fuel
growth, healing, and all body
systems and functions.

New and Academic Complete each sentence below. One of the missing words
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Vocabulary in each sentence is listed at the left.

1. nutrition is the process by which the body takes in and

nutrition
uses nutrients .
nutrients
2. appetite is a natural physical drive to hunger .
calories
3. calories are units of heat energy that food supplies to
hunger psychological
the .

appetite 4. calories are substances your body needs to grow,

psychological repair itself, and provide you with nutrients .

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5. hunger is a desire, rather than a need, appetite .

6. nutrition to means directed toward the

psychological
.

Chapter 10 Student Activity Workbook

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Why Nutrition Matters Describe the relationship between nutrients and calories.
Each gram of carbohydrate and protein yield 4 calories/gram. Each gram of fat yields 9 calories.

List the benefits of good nutrition.

During the Teen Years Lifelong

healthy strong bones
better work performence strong body

What Influences Your Describe the following influences on food choices.

Food Choices?
Hunger And Appetite
hunger is when you grab something you want when
you're hungry, but appetite is what you eat when you
have to.

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Food and Emotions
when you are sad, people use food as a comfort.

Food and Your Enviroment

in a hot or cold environment, it decides what you eat
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