Question

Charmaine is a 15-year-old Grade 9 student. During lunch, Charmaine is looking through her social media account for the latest fashion trends. All the women in the fashion site photos look beautiful—their hair is perfect, their skin is smooth, and their bodies are tall and lean. Comparing herself to these women, Charmaine decides that her thighs and stomach are too big, so she vows to slim down by decreasing her food intake and keeping a vigorous routine of jogging, cycling, and crunches. She begins by cutting breakfast down to a glass of juice. For lunch she treats herself to a chocolate cookie, and at dinner she eats a small portion of the food her mother prepares. After one week of these changes, Charmaine lacks energy and she’s constantly in a bad mood. She finds that it’s a real effort to do any kind of physical activity and she always feels cold.

● How is her belief that she needs to control her shape affecting her eating/nutritional habits and physical activity patterns?
● How are her eating habits affecting her physical activity and energy levels?
● What healthy eating and lifestyle choices can you suggest for Charmaine?
● What are the identifiable macronutrients in Charmaine’s nutritional diet? Make a 5-Day minute to fit her nutritional needs. (Specify all good groups)

Answer 1

1.it is affecting in the way that she stopped eating normally and over exercising

2. her eating habits are affecting physical activity and energy levels because she is not getting enough nutrients that her body needs

3. she wouldn't be allow to go on a diet where they cut her calories and stuff because that could be dangerous but she get into a meal plan where she is still getting all her nutrients and not gaining weight