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Caterpillars (Spring)
Cultuture and Obesity -- Comtemporary Studies
Extreme Measures
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As a result of this lesson, students will be able to:
1. Identify specific physical and emotional characteristics within themselves and others.
2. Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of personal diet and exercise
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Is There a Doctor in the House? Evaluating Teens' Sources of Health-Related Information
Lesson 1: Ideal Weight, Cultural Stereotypes and Eating Disorders
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This lesson helps students to explore the societal stigma that accompanies people who are overweight. In addition, students will be able to research current medical thinking on "ideal weight" and identify how the perception of body image can lead to eating disorders.
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Looking at Food Advertising
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This lesson introduces students to the ways in which advertising can affect their food choices. Working from television and magazine ads, students discuss the techniques used by advertisers to engage kids with products. Specifically, they assess the importance of "spokescharacters" and jingles as effective ways to build relationships with kids. As a class exercise, they create jingles and spokescharacters themselves for the foods they enjoy.
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Looks Good Enough to Eat
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This lesson looks at food photography and the different techniques used by food stylists to make foods look appealing in advertisements. The lesson begins with a discussion about the challenges involved in food photography and how traditional elements of photography may be combined with "food tricks" to achieve the desired effects. After reviewing some food photography "tricks of the trade," students plan and shoot their own food advertisements.
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Media Influences On Nutritional Practices
Money Management: Grocery Shopping for a Family Profile
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Students work in groups to create menus and shopping lists based on the financial and dietary restrictions of a profiled family.Students will plan a menu based on a family profile; that profile includes details about the family's financial and, in some cases, dietary restrictions.
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Too Much of a Sweet Thing: A Health, Science, and Language Arts Lesson Investigating Americans' Consumption of Processed Sugar
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Students will examine the growing prevalence of processed sugar in the American diet, first through a demonstration that makes graphically clear the amount of sugar an average boy and girl consumes on a daily basis. They then will explore the issue in greater depth through the featured article. Finally, student teams will devise illustrated posters for a Sweet Health campaign, aimed at persuading other children and parents of the potential dangers of processed sugar over-consumption and the value of healthy eating alternatives.
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You've Gotta Have a Gimmick!: A Lesson in Junk Food Advertising
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