Students will demonstrate an awareness of the types of food needed to maintain a healthy diet and how fast food doesn't fit into a healthy plan.

Students learn how to eat out and still eat healthy. The following topics are included in this article: ?Can I Splurge When I Eat Out? ?Eating on the Go ?Tips for Eating at a Restaurant ?Tips for Eating at the Mall or Fast-Food Place ?Tips for Eating in the School Caf

Athletes and physically active teens generally need to follow the same healthy eating guidelines as anyone else, but they need to pay special attention to what they eat and drink while they?re in training both before and after game time. In this lesson, some of the common misconceptions about sports nutrition are addressed. Students also work together in groups to plan a pre-game meal.

In this lesson students will recognize the importance of eating a variety of foods for breakfast.

This is an assessment tool to use after students take part in the Drug Facts: MDMA (Ecstasy and Molly) lesson and learn about the dangers of ecstasy use.

Students read about a new study showing a rise in Type 2 diabetes among adolescents. They learn more about Type 2 diabetes and its causes, then develop a public awareness campaign to promote education and prevention.

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 learn about emergency contraception including how it works and possible side effects, as well as, protection against STDs.

Students learn about emotional eating including physical hunger vs. emotional hunger and tips to break the cycle.

Students will describe the impact of emotions on a person's mental and physical health, recognize that feelings and emotions are neither good nor bad, and that how we deal with them has a direct impact on our health, and explain how learning to set realistic goals is an important developmental task on the road to maturity.

These activities will help
your students explore how to reach out to others, in words and actions.

This booklet gives information on the importance of empathy to children's success in their social and personal lives.

This resource discusses energy management and ways to ensure the body maintains appropriate energy levels for athletic performance.

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.