Foods and Nutrition 1021 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Carbohydrate, Life Skills, Quinoa

• School: Western University
• Department: Foods and Nutrition
• Course: Foods and Nutrition 1021
• Professor: Noelle Martin

Document Summary

Chapter 10: nutrients, physical activity, and the body"s responses. Training regular practice of an activity; leads to physical adaptations of the body; improve flexibility, strength, & endurance: have to believe they can do well, example: train for a marathon. Physical activity bodily movement with muscle contractions, substantially increasing energy expenditure: examples: running, going up stairs, doing chores around house. Exercise planned, structured, vigorous, repetitive bodily movement that promotes or maintains physical fitness: examples: spin class, yoga, running. More women than men are physically inactive. Benefits of physical activity and being physically fit. Benefits of being physically fit: improved body composition, higher self confidence, well rested, better mental health, maintain a healthy body weight. Benefits of team sports: exercise with a distraction, motivation from peers, have a sense of belonging, social support, life skills. Movement that increases heart rate and breathing. Any bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that requires energy expenditure.