Healthy Eating

Aim: to promote healthy eating and a well balanced diet and lifestyle among people today

conclusion

• We think that most people realize the effects of an unhealthy diet, but on a lower scale that's less severe
• A healthy diet is a lot harder and more complicated than exercising in P.E. 3 times a week and eating a few servings of fruits and vegetables
• Eating in proportion, eating balanced, exercising

Healthy Eating

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U.a.e. health facts

According to UAE Health Authority survey in 2005

• 12.1% of adolescents were overweight and 21.5% were at risk of being overweight
• 18% ate at a fast food restaurant on three or more of the last 7 days
• 25.6% usually drink carbonated soft drinks two or more times per day during the last 30 days;
• 20% were physically active on all 7 days for a total of at least 60 minutes per day during a typical or usual week
• 5th most obese country in the world as of 2012, behind the U.S.A., Kuwait, and Qatar
• Over 60% of U.A.E. nationals are overweight

Surveys

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questions

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1. Do you think you live a healthy lifestyle?

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5. are you physically active?

• Everyone said they were physically active in some way, whether that meant that they do after school sports or get their 1 hour of exercise from P.E. class

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how it should be

7. what would you do to make your lifestyle more healthy?

3. How important is healthy eating?

• Exercise more
• Try to eat more fruits and vegetables and less junk food
• Eat a more balanced diet
• Smile more :)

• Everyone we interviewed said that healthy eating was very important

6. do you think exercise is just as important as healthy eating?

• Obesity is a condition when your BMI is 30 or higher.
• 75% of the population in the UAE is overweight or obese
• Emirati adults who are overweight or obese make up 35% of the total population

Symptoms:

• eating unusually large portions of food
• eating even when full, or not hungry
• eating rapidly during binge episodes
• eating until you are uncomfortably full

4. have you ever had an eating disorder?

• Out of everyone we surveyed, no one admitted to having an eating disorder

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2. What is a healthy diet to you?

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• Eating proteins and vitamins
• Being balanced with all foods- eating from all 5 food groups (within proportion)
• Eating fruits and vegetables and carbs and meat
• Not eating too much oily foods
• Not consuming too many calories
• Exercising

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All aspects of having a well balanced, healthy diet and our recommendations

Symptoms:

• living in fear of becoming overweight
• feeling that you cannot control your eating behavior
• eating until the point of discomfort or pain
• forcing yourself to vomit everything you have eaten

are you still mad you "only" lost half a kilo?

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Exercise

anorexia

• A recent study found that it’s far better to be fit and overweight than to be simply thin
• Women who didn’t do any exercise, including the slim ones, were far more at risk for heart attacks, while women with some extra pounds but a generally fit body (thanks to exercise) were less at risk
• EXERCISE IS IMPORTANT

other specified feeding or eating disorders

Definition:

A feeding or eating disorder that causes significant distress or impairment, but cannot be compared with other eating disorders.

Symptoms:

• drastic weight loss
• fear of becoming overweight, even when too thin
• distorted body image
• abnormal food preoccupations
• fine hair growing on face and arms
• excessive dieting and excersize

Proportions

Foods to include

healthy eating and dieting are not the same thing!

• Try to include food from all areas of the food pyramid

• Half your plate of fruits and vegetables, vegetables taking up a little more space than fruits
• Grains and proteins should take up the other half, about equally
• Glass of mild or small portion of dairy on the side

dairy

fruits and vegetables

• There should be slightly more vegetables than fruits
• Vegetables darker in color and more colorful, are more healthy for you

Grains

Protein

• Ex- Bread, rice, potatoes, pasta
• Whole grains instead of redefined grains
• Redefined grains lose minerals, vitamins, and fiber when processed
• Ex- Wheat flour vs. white flower

• Ex- Meat, cheese, poultry, nuts
• Seafood and white meat are the best types of meat for your body because they are lean
• Red meat is still important to a healthy diet, but you shouldn't eat it as often because it is rich in saturated fats