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Eating/Exercise/Heart Disease and Diabetes. Weir Attendance Center Frances Coleman, John Hamby, David Jones, and Carol Wright. Objective -- Students will study:. The environmental rather than the hereditary factors of body weight Food intake and exercise on body weight
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Eating/Exercise/Heart Disease and Diabetes Weir Attendance Center Frances Coleman, John Hamby, David Jones, and Carol Wright
Objective -- Students will study: • The environmental rather than the hereditary factors of body weight • Food intake and exercise on body weight • Effect of body weight on heart disease and diabetes
Rationale: • Obesity is a national problem • Mississippi has the highest percentage of people with heart disease in the nation • Choctaw County has one of the highest percentages of heart disease in the state • Students need to learn the effects of obesity and ways to avoid it
Procedure -- Students will: • View/discuss/experiment with a Stella model • Research the problem of obesity/heart disease/diabetes in local communities • Explore nutritional value of foods • Investigate energy requirements of exercise • Write a personal health plan • Use Excel to compare results of local community members and calculate statistical differences • Make visual representations of research results
Things to include: • Teacher background material • Student handouts • Internet resources catalogued by subject • Lesson plans for different courses that might use the unit • Simple Excel models that would serve as model learning tools for students
Assessment • Rubric evaluation of Stella model • Evaluation of personal health plan • Public presentations by students of statistical work using their visual representations
Resources • Jackson Heart Study • University of Mississippi Medical Center Physiology Department