1. Take Mental Health Test
2. Reading in text beginning on page 243
3. Fitness introductory notes THIS IS NOW A POWER POINT ON COMPUTER.
2. Why study nutrition and fitness? Not a requirement.
A. Overhead: Stats from newspaper clippings. 300,000 deaths per year/20 mil US kids Overweight. 78% of Americans not reaching exercise levels recomended, 55% Adults overweight, 22% obese. Under age 18: 1982: 4% overwt, 1994 16% overwt, 2001 25% overwt
B. Making more and more of your own eating/life decisions.
C. You are building a house, you need to know what the best building materials are.
3. Benefits of exercise and Intro to fitness Notes:
A. 19 yr study shows just a little exercise makes a huge impact.
B. Benefits of exercise: Stonger Heart, Increased mus. strength, Increased bone density, lower blood pressure, Lower Blood LDL's, Increased Self esteem
C. RHR 50 vs 70 1200/hr diff, 28,800/day, 10,512,000/yr difference
Ferrari vs a Volkswagon You are making the weaker heart work harder.
4. hand out packet pages 1-3.
5. give directions for Food diary. Keep this a 2 day diary. Yes you will do this in High School and that will give you a great chance to see if you have improved your diet.
6. Introduce new food pyramid, copy off of OH or out of book for a reference page.
-label each area and put 3 examples in each area. (TURN IT IN TODAY)
