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[–] Alterna-slim ago 

We spent a few days on nutrition. But health class was focused mostly on std's. I vaugly remember the food pyramid and thinking "gee that's a lot of bread!" I vaugly remember that women supposedly needed 2000 calories and med 2500 a day. So I never learned in school about individual caloric needs. I learned a pound of fat was roughly 3500 calories. And I felt very confused on proper nutrition in general.

I learned a lot after leaving high school. I did a lot of research. I learned about individual calorie needs, how they can be very different based on height, weight and activity level. I learned how to properly measure my food. I had to search this out because what I was taught was inadequate.

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[–] TeeheeReeRee 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

I had a serious eating disorder in high school. It pisses me off when people try to shield themselves or their kids from calorie info because "EATING DISORDURZ" when 2/3 of people in the US are fat and only 4% have an ED. Knowledge doesn't give you an eating disorder; circumstances/predisposition/Satan do. I was not educated on CICO but still figured out how to starve myself just fine. Ridiculous.

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[–] Shitlord_and_Savior 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Basic nutrition should be taught in every high school and middle school. It's much more applicable than a lot of the stuff they teach.

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[–] RoundTwoElectric 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Yeah, in biology and PE. Pretty basic shit nowadays. The U.K. Government is aware of the "obesity crisis" as they put it and healthy eating is legally required to be taught in schools over here now. Probs because, due to the NHS, the taxpayer is paying a ridiculous amount to try and keep them alive. Like for the last economic year we spent £5.1 billion on obesity related treatments.

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[–] ilieksnow ago 

Nope, figured it out on my own and forget how. I remember being horrified at what I ate though. Used to fry bread in oil as a snack. Lots of bread in oil. That's healthy right?

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[–] fphfan ago 

Yes. In Biology, they taught it simply (i.e. an animal needs to consume calories in order to function. No hard math behind it since we haven't learned thermodynamics yet). In Chemistry, they went a little more into it teaching the basic thermo (1kcal heats up 1kg of water 1deg C). In AP physics, they taught us basic thermodynamics so it seemed pretty obvious. In college, it was a mixed bag. Since science wasn't a requirement for some majors, you had some kids who knew thermodynamics and some kids who looked at me like I was speaking another language.

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[–] FutureFitCadaver 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

It wasn't part of the curriculum, but I did take an elective called Food & Nutrition in high school. We didn't cover CICO once, all we did was bake sweets. However, our teacher did make us take our measurements in class and i'll never forget how much the hams sulked.

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[–] yoloscenic ago 

Does college gym class count?

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