In this activity, you will identify several factors that affect your nutritional requirements. You will learn to measure your basal metabolic rate (BMR) and active metabolic rate (AMR). You will determine the approximate number of calories your body needs to maintain good health. You will identify problems that occur when one or more nutrients are not available in the diet. You will choose a nutrition myth to research and find a solution.
The Healthy Body Calculator: Measure your wrist size, waist size, and hip size as directed. Enter the values and your height. (For purposes of this exercise, enter your age as 18). Record your results on the table on the data sheet.
What is basal metabolic rate? includes equation for calculation. Calculate your BMR according to the two equations given. COmpare it the number from the previous site. Read the information on this page. Note the percent body fat for males and females.
BMR AMR calculator: calculate your basal metabolic rate and active metabolic rate. Choose the activity level most appropriate. If you are involved in any kind of sports, you should choose "active." Unless you do nothing but sit on the couch after school, do not choose sedentary!
BMR calculations includes information about diet requirements.
kCal-culator: Use this calculator to experiment with various activities to determine AMR.
Health and Nutrition Myths: Read the ten myths describe at this site. Choose one to research. Find correct information and produce an ad campaign to inform teenagers of the truth about your topic. Include in your campaign an informative poster and a pamphlet or produce a video to present the information you find. WARNING: not everything you read on the internet is true!! be sure to verify all information. Do not believe just one source of information!
Helpful sites
Ask the Dietitian: a list of questions submitted about teenage health and answers provided by a registered nurse.
The Food Guide Pyramid: shows the FDA recommended servings and serving sizes of foods.
Vegetarian Nutrition for Teenagers
Access Excellence health education links
Health sites for students: links from Access Excellence
Staying healthy: links from Access Excellence
How well am I eating? enter the number of servings from each food group to find out.
Prevention.com food scanner: choose various foods to find out their nutritional value. select the Daily Meal Planner to enter a person's ideal weight to select menu items.
Fast food fact finder: enter the restaurant and menu information to determine the nutritional information for menu items
The body beautiful kitchen counter: choose a recipe item to find nutritional information
Daysworth nutrition calculator