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Fit for Life: Combatting Obesity for a Healthier Future

Join us in raising awareness about the dangers of obesity and promoting a healthy lifestyle. Discover shocking statistics and learn how to prevent or eliminate obesity through a healthy diet and fitness plan.

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Fit for Life: Combatting Obesity for a Healthier Future

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  1. Fit for Life Presented by: Anthony Ambrosini Professor Harrison Yang EDU 505 Crew

  2. Life After 50? What does Orlando Pace, Fat Albert, and my Aunt Fanny all have in common? Statistics show they’re all predicted to die before the age of 50. Complications from obesity and lack of exercise are cited as contributing factors. Your team has been chosen by the President to enlighten our youth about a healthy lifestyle. Our nation is counting on you!

  3. Team Member Task: Choose One Assignment • Find information about obesity and give statistics that show its danger. or • Create menu suggestions for a healthy diet that will prevent or eliminate obesity. or • Develop an fitness plan that can be incorporated into a healthy lifestyle.

  4. Let's Get Started! Good websites that will give you information to create a healthy awareness: ESPN.com - NFL - Study: NFL players dying young at alarming rate NewsHour Extra: Obesity in Children and Teenagers - April 4, 2001 http://www.americanheart.org Calculate your BMI - Standard BMI Calculator

  5. You Are What You Eat • Findhealthy snacks that are fun to eat. http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/food_fitness/nutrition/ healthy_snacks.html • Make a list of rainbow foods. http://www.mypyramid.gov/ • Createa chart to record a week of eating.

  6. PLAN to be FIT Develop a fitness plan for our class • http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/teachers/lessonplans/health/fitness/class1.html • http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/teachers/lessonplans/health/fitness/class3.html • http://www.cooperinst.org/ftgmain.asp

  7. Time to Evaluate • How many healthy foods did your classmates eat in a week? • How did your classmates do on your team’s fitness plan? • What are some suggestions your team can offer to improve eating habits and physical performance?

  8. What did you learn? • What does “fit for life” mean? • How does obesity contribute to an unhealthy lifestyle? • What are ways you can improve your diet to maintain a healthy weight? • What are some lifetime sports?

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