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    Obesity in America today is rapidly becoming a serious health issue. For the most part it is due to the amount of calories that are eaten in our daily diets. As a whole our nation is at a state of constant motion in which most of us grab a bite to eat when we can. The fast pace life we live and the I want it right now attitude has made us a country of unhealthy eaters. In this day and age most of us don’t stop and think of the food we eat and the nutritional value it has. Most fast food

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    I train anywhere from 10-35 hours week doing a minimum of 150 mile every week. With doing that much training my nutrient intake is critical to how I preform in all of that training and racing. On a heavy training week I’m burning around 5000-7500 calories a day‚ so replacing that is critical and if its fast food and junk I will be sluggish and unable to preform at max effort. Currently I don’t have any health or fitness concerns. Although in the future I will be interesting to see how I adapt to not

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    Sugar and Health

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    soft drinks and candy. The American Heart Association recommends limiting the amount of added sugars you consume to no more than half of your daily discretionary calories allowance. For most American women‚ that’s no more than 100 calories per day‚ or about 6 teaspoons of sugar. For most American men‚ that’s no more than 150 calories per day‚ or about 9 teaspoons. “Sugar is an important part of our lives” says Dr. Miriam Vos‚ assistant professor at Emory University School of Medicine.” But a

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    take in 2‚000 calories per day but most of them take in many more. The third reason that creates an unhealthy lifestyle for the average American is smoking and drinking. Smoking is the leading cause of lung cancer and creates many other problems. Drinking also has many

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    a balanced diet. When planning meals for children‚ there are several things to take into consideration to ensure that meals contain sufficient nutrients and calories. Some foods are higher in nutrients than others if a food is high in calories it should also be high in nutrients. Foods such as crisps‚ biscuits and sweets are high in calories but low in nutrients and so an unhealthy option. Children’s stomachs are tiny and so have a limited capacity in can sometimes be hard to make sure they eat enough

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    HTML: The Military Diet

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    Diet and the 3 Day Diet‚ is centered around a two phase plan of three days on and four days off. For three days‚ dieters much adhere to a very low calorie diet. During the first three days of the meal plan dieters consume between 1.100 and 1‚400 calories per day. No snacking is allowed during this time. For thsoe who want to lose more weight‚ the diet can be repeated over and over again until the desired results are achieved (-- removed HTML --) (-- removed HTML --) Four Days Off (-- removed HTML

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    Exercise

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    our weight. We burn our calories thought doing exercise‚ specially doing the aerobic exercise‚ which burning calories faster. For example‚ running in a half hour‚ people can burn around 200 to 300 calories. Everything we eat contains calories so we can plan and do the regular exercise to burn off the required amount of calories. Many primary students have the obesity problem since they do less exercise and frequently eat fatty or junk foods. If we intake for more calories of food and over the balance

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    Working Out

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    Every person has a daily need of calories‚ based on their metabolism and on the labor their body inures. Larger amounts of lean muscle mass help increase the body’s metabolism. The increased physical exertion on the body burns more calories than a body that does not regularly work out. Putting these two basic statements together with a consistent diet‚ a person will lose weight. While working out‚ a person’s daily exertion has been increased‚ thus a need for more calories. The body’s increased metabolism

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    Fat Free

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    Breakfast Bowl Calories 420 Calories from Fat 270 Protein 21g Total Fat 30g To find the fat in my breakfast‚ first calculate the number of fat calories by multiplying the fat grams by 9‚ divided that number by the total number of calories and multiply it by 100. Breakfast: 270 x 9 = 2430 (2430/420)*100 = 5.79 x 100 = 5.79 grams of fat. To find the amount of protein in my breakfast‚ I have to multiply the number of protein by 4‚ then divide that number by total number of calories and multiply

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    Atkins or fadkins

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    and all needs are met by the consumption of food containing energy in chemical form This is misleading because calories ARE the energy. So if the drink is supposed to give you energy‚ then it has calories in it no matter what the label says. 5. Carbs fats and proteins all contain calories so they all have energy. Part 2 1. Obesity really means having a BMI of 30+. Taking more calories in than the body is able to burn will lead to weight gain. Other contributing factors are medical conditions

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