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Teacher Feature: Health and Fitness


Help students understand how a healthful diet and regular exercise contribute to their overall health with these featured video clips, lesson plans, discussion guide, and activities.

Teacher Resources

Discussion Guide
Examine nutrition-based eating guidelines and the latest dietary research with this discussion guide and its related videos and activities.
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Grade 3-4 Lesson Plan
Challenge students to compare their daily diet to the suggested rainbow of foods in the new Food Guide Pyramid.
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Grade 6-8 Lesson Plan
Help students understand portion sizes so they can serve up a week's worth of healthful lunches for the school cafeteria.
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Grade 9-12 Lesson Plan
Develop a class cookbook of recipes that target the latest dietary recommendations from the USDA.
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Student Activities

Changing Guidelines
A clip art image of the original USDA Food Guide Pyramid for use in comparison activities

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What To Do?
A word search for 20 healthy food choices with a hidden message
Puzzle PDF

Video Clips

What to Eat: Fish, Meat, and Vegetables
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Fat and Diet Plans: Providing Taste with Nutrition
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The Connection Between Nutrition and Health
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How Exercise Affects Metabolism
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Reality Matters: Obesity and Nutrition DVD

Junk food and little to no exercise are two factors that have led to the obesity epidemic affecting American teenagers today.

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