Healthy Choices

Ch. 5 Lesson 3

What Influences our

Food Choices?
Culture (Nationality)
Beliefs (Spiritual)
Where we live in the world
Family (Mom & Dad especially)

Media (advertisments)
Health Benefits
Price

Anorexia, Bulimia, Binge

Spam vs. Spam Lite

Chips vs. Baked Chips
Fried Chicken vs. Baked Chicken
White Rice vs. Brown Rice
White Bread vs. Wheat Bread
Milk Shake vs. Smoothies
Gatorade vs. G2 (Vitamin Water vs. Vitamin Water Zero)
Soda vs. Diet Soda
Milk Chocolate vs. Dark Chocolate
Ice Tea vs. Green Tea (Brewed)
Cheese Burger vs. Veggie/Chicken/Turkey Burger
Ice Cream vs. Yogurt
Yogurt vs. Low Fat Yogurt
Orange Drink vs. Orange Juice

Sugar vs. Sugar Free products [Cookies, Candy, Ice Cream]

Buttered Popcorn vs. Butter Free Popcorn
Cheese vs. Low Fat/Fat Free Cheese
Cereal (Fruity Pebbles) vs. Fiber Cereals (Raisin Bran/Cherrios)
Milk vs. Low Fat/Soy Milk
Chocolate Bars vs. Granola Bar
Pepperoni Pizza vs. Veggie Pizza
Coffee vs. Black Coffee
Cup Cake vs. Muffin
Bacon vs. Turkey Bacon
Egg Yolk vs. Egg Whites
Sugar vs. Splenda
Vegetable Oil vs. EVOO (Extra Virgin Olive Oil)
Ground Beef vs. Lean Ground Beef
Spaghetti Noodles vs. Wheat Spaghetti Noodles
Canned Fruit vs. Fresh Fruit

Its really about EVERYONE winning!

The Biggest Loser

 Burgandy Keel
Starting Weight: 231
Ending Weight: 167
Total Pounds Lost:
64
Percentage of Weight
Lost: 27.71%

 Sophia Franklin
Starting Weight: 272
Ending Weight: 207
Total Pounds Lost:
65
Percentage of Weight
Lost: 23.90%

 Elizabeth Ruiz
Starting Weight: 244
Ending Weight: 173
Total Pounds Lost:
71
Percentage of Weight
Lost: 29.10%

 Tina Elliott
Starting Weight: 263
Ending Weight: 191
Total Pounds Lost:
72
Percentage of Weight
Lost: 27.38%

 Allie Ishcomer
Starting Weight: 322
Ending Weight: 248
Total Pounds Lost:
74
Percentage of Weight
Lost: 22.98%

 Dina Mercado
Starting weight: 253
Current weight: 174
Lost: 79 pounds, 31.23%

 Liz Young
Starting weight: 267
Current weight: 176
Lost: 91 pounds, 34.08%

 Jessica Delfs
Starting Weight: 282
Ending Weight: 190
Total Pounds Lost:
92
Percentage of Weight
Lost: 32.62%

 Lisa Mosley
Starting Weight: 288
Ending Weight: 191
Total Pounds Lost:
97
Percentage of Weight
Lost: 33.68%

 Ada Wong

Starting Weight: 258

Ending Weight: 159
Total Pounds Lost: 99
Percentage of Weight
Lost: 38.37%

 Anna Wright
Starting Weight: 330
Ending Weight: 221
Total Pounds Lost:
109
Percentage of Weight
Lost: 33.03%

 Brendan Donovan
Starting Weight: 362
Ending Weight: 245
Total Pounds Lost:
117
Percentage of Weight
Lost: 32.32%

 Rebecca Meyer
Starting weight: 279
Current weight: 140
Lost: 139 pounds, 49.82%

 Antoine Dove
Starting weight: 367
Current weight: 215
Lost: 152 pounds, 41.42%

 Alfredo 'Frado'
Dinten

Starting Weight: 367

Ending Weight: 205
Total Pounds Lost: 162
Percentage of Weight
Lost: 44.14%

 Richard 'Rick'
DeRoque

Starting Weight: 350

Ending Weight: 185
Total Pounds Lost: 165
Percentage of Weight
Lost: 47.14%

 Jesse Atkins

Starting Weight: 369

Ending Weight: 203
Total Pounds Lost: 166
Percentage of Weight
Lost: 44.99%

 Aaron Thompkins
Starting Weight: 468
Ending Weight: 296
Total Pounds Lost:
172
Percentage of Weight
Lost: 36.75%

 Patrick House, a 28-year-old sales rep from Vicksburg, MS,

won this season's $250,000.

Starting Weight: 400

Ending Weight: 219
Total Pounds Lost: 181
Percentage of Weight Lost: 45.25%

 Adam Hurtado

Starting Weight: 402

Ending Weight: 220
Total Pounds Lost: 182
Percentage of Weight
Lost: 45.27%

 Mark Pinhasovich

Starting Weight: 421

Ending Weight: 208
Total Pounds Lost: 213
Percentage of Weight
Lost: 50.59%

 Rudy Pauls
Starting weight: 442
Current weight: 208
Lost: 234 pounds, 52.94%

 WINNER: Danny Cahill

Starting weight: 430
Current weight: 191
Lost: 239 pounds, 55.58%