This is a supplemental map that charts the hunger percentages around the world. The map could be used while discussing the societal issues that surround world hunger for world food day.

Students should be able to identify the various levels of the pyramid and name
activities from each level that they enjoy and recognize that in order to keep our bodies healthy, we should all do more activities from the bottom of the pyramid and fewer activities from the top.

Students should be able to name three sports or activities that they enjoy, name two ways they can be more active every day, and explain why exercise is important to keep bodies healthy
and feeling good.

Students will identify the benefits of physical activity, state the recommended amount of daily physical activity, and identify the different types of physical activity and their benefits.

This lesson can be used to teach the health benefits that students can get from physical activity.

This multimedia resource, part of the NC Science Now series, describes how researchers with the Appalachian State University Human Performance Lab are providing new insights into how even a small amount of exercise can cut the risk of disease in half. The study focuses on physical fitness and health of middle grade students. Components of this resource include a video and a related blog article. Links to these components are provided on the page under the heading "UNC-TV Media."

Living through our teen years comes with all sorts of changes and adjustments, so it's normal to face some emotional ups and downs. If a person is struggling with extra weight, it can add to these emotions.

Students consider their knowledge about and associations with cancer. After reading up on new recommendations to limit cancer screenings, they develop patient fact sheets about cancer, focusing on treatments and screening techniques.

This is a chart used to check students understanding of the different elbow injuries. How does the injury present, how is it diagnosed and what are the treatments for the different injjuries. 

Students will discuss the relationship among energy intake, energy expenditure and body
weight, explain the importance of aiming for a healthy weight, identify health concerns related to sedentary lifestyles, and state at least two benefits of daily physical activity.

This is a supplemental presentation to be used with the Energy Balance lesson plan.

Students will describe physical, mental, and social health benefits of regular exercise, identify ways in which they can make physical activity a regular part of their life, and apply the media literacy skill of recognizing a message's point of view to an article advocating the benefits of exercise for teens.

In this lesson: Students will research a variety of take-away food menus to examine the amount of fats, carbohydrates and protein contained within some of their favorite fast foods. Students will create a menu to eat from a variety of fast food venues for an entire day to determine if it is possible to eat a nutritional diet of fast food venues alone. Students must stay within recommended dietary requirements for their age.

Students explain why excessive fat intake is not healthful, describe ways to limit fat when eating fast food, identify the difference between healthful and less healthful fats, and make lower fat choices from fast food restaurant menus.

In this lesson students will be able to graph their estimations of caloric intake and caloric expenditures.

Students explore the concepts and content necessary to debate whether or not schools should regulate the quantity or type of food and beverages students consume, and develop position papers.

Students should be able to identify where our bodies get energy and why we need it, explain the difference between the things they do that are active (like riding a bike or walking), and those things that are less active (like playing a video game or watching TV), state why regular physical activity is important for everybody, and identify reasons why they might choose inactive things to do over more active things.

Students should be able to define "healthy eating", identify the parts of a healthy lifestyle (physical activity and healthy eating) and name some of each that they enjoy, state why healthy foods and exercise are important to keep bodies healthy and feeling good, and identify one healthy lifestyle change they can make and pledge to adopt it.

In this lesson students will identify different types of breakfast options and research breakfast choices from around the world.

This video discusses how too much sodium is bad for your health and can increase your blood pressure and your risk for heart attack and stroke.