Drive Through Diet. (THIS IS YOUR HW)
This site is maintained by Wake Forest University's Medical
Center. Click on the icon of a major fast food chain and place
your order from their menu. Then click HEALTHIER CHOICES and see
the nutritional info for your order. Note to Mr.Harnett's
students - if you have french fries or a shake that you aren't
going to finish, let me know. I'm hungry.
http://www.wakehealth.edu/Drive-Thru-Diet/
BMR - Basal Metabolic Rate. (THIS IS YOUR HW)
Your BMR is the bare minimum # of calories you need every day
just to stay alive. If you did nothing but lay in bed your body
would still need calories to burn for energy for heart rate,
respiration, liver function, kidney function, brain function,
etc. This link allows you to calculate your BMR. Maybe you
don't need to run a mile to burn off that Coke after all!
http://health.discovery.com/tools/calculators/basal/basal.html
Body Mass Indicator. (NO NO NO NO NO)
The Body Mass Indicator or BMI is widely used as a tool to
indicate how much body fat a person is carrying. A score of 40
or more indicates a clinical diagnosis of morbid obesity. This
is NOT a calculation of body fat %. This site, maintained by the
National Institute of Health, takes great care to stress that
this formula works best for adults and acknowledges other
limitations of the formula.
http://nhlbisupport.com/bmi/
BMI for teens. (THIS IS YOUR HW)
This website calculates the BMI of teenagers. Why are you so
special that you get a different formula? Because you are
growing through puberty and consume calories at a higher rate.
This does not last forever. Ask your parents.
http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/dnpabmi/Calculator.aspx
National Insitute of Health.
This link takes you to the NIH's Health Information page. Once
here, you can click on a health topic alphabetically if you want
to find out about a topic - or if you were assigned to do a paper.
http://health.nih.gov/
World Health Organization
WHO is the directing and coordinating authority for health within
the United Nations system. It is responsible for providing
leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research
agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based
policy options, providing technical support to countries and
monitoring and assessing health trends.
http://www.who.int/en/
Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
The CDC is the government agency that operates in conjunction
with the National Institute of Health in order to keep the public
informed about public health risks. They have information about
everything from infectious diseases to travel destination
warnings for outbreaks of disease.
http://www.cdc.gov
Mental Illnesses.
This is a link to a site that gives a list of all currently
recognized mental illnesses. This ties into our Mental Illness
unit in the 8th grade curriculum. Please note that this list is
much more comprehensive than the list that we use in class. Most
of the conditions on this list will NOT be covered in the 8th
grade health curriculum. Naturally, those are the first
ones that students will ask about in class.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_illness_(alphabetical_list)
Alcohol Screening.
This link takes you to an online quiz about your drinking
habits. Note to Mr.Harnett's students - the correct answer for
you here is "I don't drink alcohol, I'm only 13!"
http://www.alcoholscreening.org/
Calorie Burner.
This is a link to Prevention magazine's online site. This site
gives you a choice of physical activities and calculates
approximately how many calories that you burn during that
activity. Remember that you have to burn 3,500 calories to lose
a "permanent" pound of fat. You can lose a pound by working out
with lots of sweatshirts on, but it's largely water weight that
you will soon replace.
http://www.prevention.com/caloriecalc/0,5719,s1-4-121-48-1158-1,00.html
Daily Calorie Calculator.
While you're at the Prevention website, this calorie calculator
lets you determine how many calories you need in order to
maintain your current body weight. The calculator will ask for
your height, weight, age, gender, and activity
level. "Sedentary" means inactive (think couch potato). "Extra
active" means you are training to win the NYC Marathon by running
20 miles/day. Most of us will fall somewhere in between.
http://www.prevention.com/dailycaloriecalc/0,5869,s1-4-121-48-0-1,00.html
Calories in Food Chart.
Someone has taken the time to figure out how many calories are in
different kinds of food and has listed them alphabetically. I'm
glad that he did this, because I don't have the time to. Scroll
down to the food of your choice. Note to Mr.Harnett's students -
this is one of those times in life that I warned you about
when.....spelling counts!
http://www.ntwrks.com/~mikev/chart1.html
College Drinking Prevention.
Although this site is geared towards college students, the
interactive icons for "Alcohol Myths" and "Interactive Body"
are applicable for all ages. Note to Mr.Harnett's students - the
correct answer is still "I don't drink because I'm not 21 yet."
http://www.collegedrinkingprevention.gov/students/default.aspx
NJ Division of Highway Safety.
Ever wonder what happens if "your friend" gets caught
driving while drinking? Ever wonder what happens if "your
friend" gets caught drinking alcohol before s/he turns 21? Ever
wonder what "your friend's parents" will do to "your friend" if
one of those 2 things happen to "your friend"? Well, the answers
to the first 2 questions can be found if you click on this
site. As for the third question.....you may not want to know the
answer.
http://www.nj.gov/lps/hts/alcohol.html
Holiday Turkey Recipe.
This recipe for turkey is too good to be true. Never a dry bird
again! This link will take you to the Food Network site and to
Alton Brown's turkey brine recipe. Never a dry bird again! It's
fantastic! Happy holidays.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_8389,00.html
Red Cross (services).
This is a link to the Red Cross' website, specifically to the
page that gives information about becoming certified in First
Aid/CPR, lifeguarding, babysitting, and other useful things that
may be helpful to 8th grade students. This ties in to our First
Aid unit.
http://www.redcross.org/services/hss/
BAC/BAL Calculator.
Your Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) or Blood Alcohol Level (BAL) are
terms used interchangeably. This number represents what % of
alcohol is in your bloodstream when you've been drinking
alcohol. In the great state of New Jersey, if you have a BAL of
0.08% or higher and you are pulled over by a police officer, you
will be charged with Driving While Intoxicated (DWI). If your
BAL is under 0.08%, you can be charged with Driving Under the
Influence (DUI). You should never drink alcohol and then try to
drive.
http://health.discovery.com/tools/calculators/alcohol/alcohol.html
Determine Your Future Height.
This link (for students - sorry Mom & Dad) can give you an
estimate of how tall you will be based on your parents' heights.
Note to students - don't complain to me that you'll only grow up
to be 4'4". Go complain to Mom & Dad. And look them directly in
the knees when you do.
http://www.webmd.com/content/tools/1/calc_kid_height.htm
Web MD
Web MD is one of the places that I send students when they ask
questions that I cannot answer. I.e. "How many kind of viruses
are there?" "What are the side effects of these 10 obscure
drugs?" "Why don't my parents/teachers understand me? Is
something wrong with them?" (website hasn't helped on
that one)
http://www.webmd.com
The Phobia List
Feel free to self-diagnose yourself into insanity with this list
of phobias.
http://www.phobialist.com/#A-
The American Cancer Society
Cancer is a huge health problem. NJ has the highest rates of
cancer per capita of all 50 states. The ACS does an excellent
job with information.
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/home/index.asp
Evolution of a Supermodel
This 1 minute short film by Dove underscores a valuable lesson
for the self esteem of adolescents. This shows how makeup
artists and computer editing can take an average looking girl and
change her appearance to make her beautiful enough to appear in
billboard ads. Pay attention to what the computer enhancements
do to her face, neck, hair, and shoulders. Adolescents (and
adults) need to understand that sometimes the so-called ideal
images of people that we see aren't what these people really look
like in everyday life.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFPGa0pKyTg
My Pyramid.
In the spring of 2005, the U.S. Deptartment of Agriculture
changed the dietary requirements of the traditional food
pyramid. The biggest change, in light of rising adult and child
obesity rates, was the addition of an exercise component to
everyday life. The USDA has a wonderful interactive website that
details the changes and also includes games and a way to
personalize your diet/exercise lifestyle choices. I personally
like the addition of the Stairmaster to the side of the pyramid.
http://www.mypyramid.gov/