|
Title:
| Health: Obesity |
|
Description:
| One of the serious health problems of modern America is childhood obesity. Read about the dangers of childhood obesity. Use the interactive calculator on KidsHealth to find out if you are overweight. Included on this site are eThemes resources on eating disorders, diet and nutrition, and diabetes. |
|
Grade Level:
| 6, 7, 8 |
|
Resource Links:
| Title:Overweight and Obesity
This site has comprehensive information on overweight and obesity. learn how to determine obesity, factors contributing to obesity, consequences of obesity, and tips to prevent childhood obesity.
Recipes Today: The Terrible Dangers of Childhood Obesity
Read this excerpt from Dr. Walt Larimore's Book "The Highly Healthy Child." Includes several links to recipes and information about obesity. NOTE: The site includes ads. NOTE: The site has links that lead to sites with discussion boards.
KidsHealth: Type 2 Diabetes: What Is It?
Learn about diabetes, it causes, and how to live with it. Click on the movie to see what happens in diabetes. NOTE: This site contains a banner-ad.
KidsHealth: Can Diabetes Be Prevented?
Find out how to prevent Type 2 diabetes and read the steps for prevention. NOTE: This site contains a banner-ad.
KidsHealth: What Being Overweight Means
Use the KidsHealth BMI calculator to see if your weight puts you at risk. NOTE: This site contains a banner-ad.
KidsHealth: What Kids Say About Weight
Read what kids say about weight and obesity. Also see the results of this KidsPoll. NOTE: This site contains a banner-ad.
KidsHealth: Is Dieting OK for Kids?
Find out how kids can diet safely and what a "fad diet" is. Read how most kids just need nutritious foods and exercise, not a special diet. NOTE: This site contains a banner-ad.
KidsHealth: Body Mass Index
Body Mass Index uses a calculation to determine if a person is overweight. Use the interactive BMI calculator to see where you are on the graph. NOTE: This site contains a banner-ad.
Obesity in Children
What does it mean to be obese and how does it affect you? Read this article by Dr. Trisha Macnair to learn more. NOTE: The "Talk" link leads to message boards.
ThinkQuest: Too Big or Too Small
Students explain some common eating disorders: anorexia and obesity.
Focus On Childhood Obesity
The Institute of Medicine sponsors this site. Download one of the many fact sheets on childhood obesity. These fact sheets are available as PDF files. Reading level is for older students.
Childhood Obesity on the Rise
Read this article about how to encourage children to be more active to help fight obesity.
Childhood Obesity: What Parents Can Do
The Mayo Clinic presents this information on reasons for obesity in children. NOTE: The site includes ads.
BMI Percentile Calculator for Child and Teen
Fill in the information to find out if your weight is in a healthy range.
Lesson Plan: Culture and Obesity
In this lesson plan, students will research information and discuss how culture influences body perception. NOTE: This site contains ads and links to external sites.
Lesson Plan: Selling Obesity
Students will explore North American fast food culture, the role that marketers play in promoting these types of foods to children and teens, and how it relates to children and teen obesity. NOTE: This site contains links to external sites.
eThemes Resource: Health: Diet and Nutrition
These sites are about good nutrition and healthy diets. Learn about the food pyramid and how food is good for the body. Topics include how to read food labels and look for additives. There are also online games and quizzes about nutrition.
eThemes Resource: Health: Eating Disorders
Learn about anorexia, bulimia, binge eating, compulsive overeating, and other types of eating disorders. Find out their signs and symptoms, how they can be identified, and prevented. Includes video files, peer stories, questions and answers, quizzes, and a lesson plan.
eThemes Resource: Health: Diabetes
Learn about diabetes and it's causes, methods of prevention, treatment options, and recommended diets. There are several case studies listed as well as video detailing living with diabetes and the national effort to prevent this disease. Includes eThemes Resources on obesity.
|
|
Education Standards:
|
Standards have not been assigned for this resource.
If you are an eMINTS teacher and standards have not been defined for your
state, click the button below to request that they be assigned to this resource.
|
