Diet
Unit 4: Lesson 3
Health Class
Weekly Reminders
• All late work and extra credit is due
TODAY
• No School FRIDAY
• TEST on nutrition on Monday
• Nutrition Unit page Due Monday
Class Objectives
• Identify different influences on our diet
• Describe the term “diet”
• Evaluate advertising techniques and how they work
• List healthy diet choices
Getting Started
• Pick up new lesson notes on front TA desk.
• Answer the questions for the Starter
• Write a brief description of what you think the
word “DIET” means.
• Then answer these questions:
1. What is your favorite meal?
2. Where is your favorite out-to-eat
restaurant?
3. If you had a pick, what would be your
favorite type of food
A. Italian
B. Chinese
C. Mexican
D. Hamburgers
Starter
• Write a brief description of what
you think the word “DIET”
means.
• Then answer these questions:
1. What is your favorite meal?
2. Where is your favorite out-to-eat
restaurant?
3. If you had a pick, what would be
your favorite type of food
A.
B.
C.
D.
Italian
Chinese
Mexican
Hamburgers
Diet
• Often times people misuse the
word diet.
• A diet is the pattern of food you
eat.
• This means everyone is “on” a
diet.
Diet
• Even though we are all “on” a
diet – all of our diets are
different.
• There are many things that
influence the things we eat.
• Nutritional Factors
• Taste
• Convenience
• Culture
• Family
• Money
• Mood
• Media
Diet Influences
• Nutritional Factors
• Hopefully all of us pick foods that
will improve our overall health .
• Some things to consider when
picking foods for nutritional
factors would be:
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High Nutrient Dense Foods
Varity of fruits and vegetables
Low Saturated Fat foods
Low Simple Carbohydrate Foods
Daily Calorie intake for:
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Gender
Age
Height and Weight
Activity Level
Diet Influences
• Taste:
• We tend to eat foods that we taste
good to us.
• It is important to try new foods
because you never know if you
really like it until you try it
• Sometimes as we get older our
food taste change.
• Just because you didn’t like a food
when you were younger doesn’t
mean you won’t like it now.
Assignment #1
• Make a list of 3 foods that you
don’t like to eat.
• Decide what it is causing you
that makes you not like it:
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Looks
Smell
Texture
Taste
Diet Influences
• Convenience:
• Often times we eat food just
because we see it.
• How many times have you seen
a food item sitting out and you
eat it just because it is there.
• We also tend to eat foods that
are easy to get or make.
Convenience Continued
• Example:
• Pre packaged Foods: We need to be
careful because pre-packaged foods
are often times loaded with:
• sugars and fats and help them taste
better
• preservatives - chemicals that help
food last longer before going bad.
Convenience Continued
• Example:
• Out-to-eat: Are easier because
there are so many choices and they
are everywhere. But foods sold in
restaurants are:
• Loaded with fats and sugars to get
them to taste better
• Serving sizes are twice the amount
that you should eat in one serving
• Far more expensive than making the
food item at home
Diet Influences
• Culture: People tend to eat
things that are common to their
culture.
• This would include foods that are
common for holidays and
celebrations.
• Examples:
• Halloween – lots of candy
• 4th of July – BBQ’s
Diet Influences
• Family:
• Individual families have very
unique diets.
• Some families cook every meal from
scratch and eat around the table.
• Other grab something quick on their
way out the door and eat in the car.
Assignment #2
• With your partner discuss your
family’s diet.
1. Does your family eat more fresh
foods or packaged foods?
2. Who does most of the grocery
shopping?
3. Who does most of the cooking?
4. How often do you sit together as
a family to eat?
Diet Influences
• Money:
• Have you ever had your parent tell
you “NO” to something you
wanted to eat because it cost too
much.
• Money has huge impact on our
diet.
• Sadly, many things that are
inexpensive are also not very
healthy for us
• Example: Dollar Menu
Diet Influences
• Mood
• Many times we eat based on what
type of mood we are in.
• Examples:
• Excitement or nervousness can cause
people not to want to eat
• Depression can cause people to
binge on “comfort” foods
• Comfort foods are those that make
us feel emotionally good
• They tend to be food that are not
very healthy
Diet Influences
• Because moods can affect our
eating habits it is important that
we understand the difference
between hunger and appetite.
• Hunger is the physical need for
food.
• Appetite is the mental desire for
food.
Diet Influence
• Media:
• Advertisements are designed to
get you to buy a product.
• Advertisers use many different
technics to get you to want the
food.
• They focus on your appetite or
desire for food
Assignment #3
• Watch the following video and see how many different marking tricks
you can identify.
Common Advertising Techniques
• Toys:
• Food manufactures often times
include a toy for young children.
• This entices the child to want that
food product just for the toy.
• They also make play toys for their
brand.
• This makes it child identify with their
brand
Common Advertising Techniques
• Cartoon Characters:
• Many food manufacturers
associate a mascot with their food
product.
• This makes the mascot very
identifiable
• Other times they will take a
common cartoon character and
put it on the box.
• This grabs the eye of children and
entices them to want the product
Common Advertising Techniques
• Show Positive Roles
• Advertisers know that their
product might not be the most
healthy.
• So instead of showing the negative
side of their brand they try and
put a positive light on other things
the company is doing.
Common Advertising Techniques
• Jingles or Songs
• It is not by accident that
advertisers spend huge amounts
of money on jingles.
• They know they will stick in your
head long after the ad is over and
remind you of the product.
Assignment # 4
• See if you can identify the
product based on the jingle.
1. “Gimme a break, gimme a
break, break me off a piece of
that _____ _____ _____.”
2. “I want my baby back, baby
back, baby back ribs.”
3. “What would you do for a
_____ _____.”
4. “I’m loving it”
5. “Their Great!”
Common Advertising Techniques
• Commercials Timing:
• Ads for adults are during
primetime hours
• Ads for kids are on TV stations of
children or during TV shows for
kids.
Common Advertising Techniques
• Foods or Brands Place in Movies
of TV Shows:
• Manufacturers spend large
amounts of money to get a
product in a movie or TV show
• They know that if they can show a
famous person with that product
their sales will increase
• It also makes our brains thinking
about that food product
Common Advertising Techniques
• Coupons / E alerts:
• Today, many food establishments
send out coupons or E alerts for
discounts of their product
• Seeing the ad increases our
tendency to want that product
Common Advertising Techniques
• Food Stylist: are like make-up
artists. It's their job to make the
food you see in advertisements
look great.
• But when you find out how they
do it, you just might lose your
appetite.
Fad Diets
• A fad diet is a diet that promises
quick weight loss with little
effort.
• As a consumer you need to be
smarter than the advertiser.
Fad Diets
• Remember from the last lesson
if you want to loose weight –
you must consume less calories
than what you would burn in a
day.
• It is all about calories in and
calories out.
Fad Diets
• Cautions of Fad Diets
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High Protein Diets
High Fiber Low Calorie Diets
Single Food Diets
Very Low Calorie Diets
Gimmicks or Miracles
Fasting or Cleansing
Fast Weight Loss
Special Pricing
Before and After Testimonials
Assignment #5
• Watch the following Fad Diet
Advertisement
• With your partner write down
some of the cautions you
noticed in the commercial
The Best Diets
• The best diet is one that
teaches/instructs how to
consume the right amounts of
nutrients and calories for:
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Gender
Age
Height and Weight
Activity Level
Healthy Diet Tips
1. Drink Plenty of Water
2. Eat More Vegetables and
Fruits
3. Use a Smaller Plate
4. Plan Ahead for Health Snacks
5. Don’t Stress Eat
6. Eat Slower
7. Avoid Processed Foods
8. Eat Many Small Meals Rather
than 3 Large Ones
Quick Check
1. List three diet influences and
how they play apart in the
foods you pick.
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2. List three advertising
techniques used and how they
work.
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3. Eating a diet very low in
calories will help you loss
weight for a long period of
time. True/False
4. Eating on a smaller plate will
help trick your mind that you
have more food. True/False
5. Restaurants use smaller
serving sizes. True/False
Quick Check
1. List three diet influences and how
they play apart in the foods you
pick. Answers will vary
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Nutrient Values
Taste
Convenience
Culture
Family
Money
Mood
Media
2. List three advertising
techniques used and how they
work. Answers will vary
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Toys
Show Positive Roles
Commercial Timings
Coupons
Food Stylist
Cartoon Characters
Jingles or Songs
Food Placements
E Alerts
Fad Diets
3. Eating a diet very low in
calories will help you loss
weight for a long period of
time. True / False
4. Eating on a smaller plate will
help trick your mind that you
have more food. True / False
5. Restaurants use smaller
serving sizes. True/False