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Nutrition

Chris Bosley
Exam #2
11\28\03
Nutrition

#1)

Each day you make many decisions that affect your health and how you feel. You may decide to use a seatbelt, drink milk instead of soda or go to sports practice. While each of these decisions may seem small, taken together, day after day and year after year, they have a big effect on your physical life. They influence your daily energy level and self-confidence, as well as your future health.

Emotional Health

Emotional health is a part of well being that deals with the mind, the chemistry of the brain, and how you view the situations you encounter.   Your emotional health affects your body and your life more than you may realize. For example, a depressed person may lose his appetite, then this starts a cycle where he catches colds and flu's because his body does not have the energy to fight off viruses.   This person then may feel more run down, and this can start to affect his life at school or work.   If his performance drops, he may find that he is depressed for a longer period of time.  
To ensure emotional well being, make sure you have someone whom you trust that you can share your feelings with.   This tends to help take the load off and relieve stress.   It is very important to have a good social support system.   One must make sure you hang around people who are positive, who care and love you, and will listen to you.

Body Image\Weight Maintenance

In our society, we all want to look and feel our best. This is not always easy, considering the busy life everyone leads and the many responsibilities they may have. It can be tough to find time for exercising and eating right, not to mention controlling stress. Sometimes we can feel pressured to look and feel a certain way. We live in a culture that puts much emphasis on physical appearance. Youth is admired as well - not just in terms of age but also in terms of young attitudes and outlooks on life and physical fitness. When I used to be a little pudgy...