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 *Water Bottles - Best Choice*

With older models of plastic water bottles deemed potentially unsafe, what are your best options?
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 *Mystery Food Game*

A nutrition game you can use for an icebreaker or a change of pace in class.
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 *Ruler Drop Test for Reaction Times*

A simple health class activity using only a ruler that allows you to estimate reaction times.
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 *Flip-Flop & Foot Pain*

Flip flops force wearers to walk with the toes curled, causing an unnatural gait and potential foot and leg problems.
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 *Best Sitting Position*

New technology has found the best sitting posture for minimizing back strain...and it’s not an upright position.
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 *Obesity Recognition & Parents*

Parents tend to recognize that obesity is a major health issue, but often don’t acknowledge the problem in their own children.
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 *Salt & Obesity*

Studies have shown that an increased consumption of salt through processed foods and snacks may be partially responsible for the epidemic of overweight children and adolescents.
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 *Smoking - Single Cigarette*

New research has shown that only one or two cigarettes can be enough to produce symptoms of addiction in some teenagers.

 *Exercise Saves Heartbeats*

A fit person's heart will beat about 61/2 million fewer times per year than the average person's.
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 *Meatless Meal Assignment*

Assign your students to cook a meatless meal for their family and bring in the recipe for a class cookbook.
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 *Food Advertising Activity*

An activity in which students monitor TV food ads for one hour and record the amount of time spent on each food group.
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 *X-Rays: Show on Overhead Projector*

Old X-rays, shown to your students with an overhead projector, can be a vivid visual aid for discussing the skeletal system.

 *Body Noises - Why We Can't Hear*

Our hearing is set so that it can?t detect the low-frequency sounds of our internal body functions.

 *Smoking - Exercise Helps You Quit*

Participating in vigorous exercise while attempting to quit smoking doubles the chances for long-term success.

 *Microwave Sterilize Dirty Sponges*

A microwave can be used to sterilize dirty sponges.
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