Obesity Awareness Books
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Food Choices: The Ultimate Teen Guide
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Call Number: j. 613.0433 B73fThis book discusses numerous topics related to food and eating, including the biological and chemical reasons we prefer certain foods and the eating habits that are unique to teens today. Throughout, teens are presented with the best tips on how to develop healthy eating habits for a lifetime of enjoying food. -
Teen Nutrition: What's the Big Debate?
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Call Number: j. 613.2 T22lExplains why nutrition is important, and presents ways that teenagers can improve their eating habits. -
Nutrition for Achievement in Sports and Academics
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Call Number: j. 641.5 C87nDiscusses healthy choices that allow you to do your best- during both gym class and history class, the big game or the next big exam. -
Fitness and Nutrition
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Call Number: j. 613.7042 H82fReal health and happiness aren't dependent on matching yourself against the unrealistic ideals of a model-thin body or a pumped-up body builder's bulging muscles. Instead, fitness and good nutrition are the two factors that can lead to physical and emotional health. Learning what your body needs to be healthy is an important part of becoming a responsible adult. Taking care of yourself makes sense if you want to be happy and enjoy life. This book will tell you how to be the best you can be! -
American Grown
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Call Number: 623 Ob2aThis book is a pictorial guide by Michelle Obama, the First Lady of the United States, that describes how she and her daughters planted a vegetable garden on the White House's South Lawn as part of an initiative to raise awareness about childhood obesity. In February 2010, she launched Let's Move!, a nationwide initiative to address the epidemic of childhood obesity by bringing healthier food into schools and communities, and encouraging kids to be more active. Her book speaks to these issues and also includes practical ideas, recipes, and resources as well as tips on how to begin a garden of any size, anywhere, how to support local farmers' markets, and advice for making healthier food choices.
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Get Moving!
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Call Number: j. 613.7 Sch7gSimple text and photos describe USDA's MyPlate tool and healthy activity choices for children. -
Run! Jump! Play!
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Call Number: j. 613.7 Sa3rBeing active is a healthy habit. Run! Jump! Play!: Healthy Active Habits will teach readers all about how being active makes them feel good and helps their muscles grow. -
Sports and Fitness
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Call Number: j. 613.7 Sco8sMany people love to watch sports--but getting off the couch and playing your favorite sport is a great way to stay in shape. Whether you're racing down the soccer field on a breakaway or jumping to take a three-pointer on the basketball court, being active is the most important part of being fit now and in the future. Find out why physical activity is so important for your health, and how to find activities that work best for you. -
Start Sweating!
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Call Number: j. 613.7042 K87sThere are many ways to be active. Learn why it is important to be active and discover the fun in sweating for a healthy body. -
The Human Body
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Call Number: j. 612 R27hPresents activities demonstrating the systems of the human body. -
Dr. Frankenstein's Human Body Book
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Call Number: j. 611 W15dThe reader becomes the good doctor's trusty lab assistant as he reconstructs a human body from the skeleton out, in a title that uses bold imagery and the most recent scientific information to bring the human body to life. -
Keeping Fit
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Call Number: j. 613.7042 B64kReaders will learn what it means to be physically fit and why it is important to stay active in this introductory text. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade. -
Super Simple Bend and Stretch
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Call Number: j. 613.7042 T83bIllustrated examples of stretches are included in this introductory guide for juvenile readers. -
Super Simple Walk and Run
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Call Number: j. 613.7042 T83sWith step-by-step instructions and photos for each activity, kids will learn how easy it is to be healthy and active for an hour a day. They will use simple items from around the house for the activities, like plastic bags and rubber bands for indoor skating or hoops and boxes for an obstacle run. Also included is a sample exercise chart and pledge for kids to use as motivation to get moving. -
Getting Exercise
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Call Number: j. 613.71 Sm6gChildren learn how exercise helps keep their bodies healthy in this introductory text.
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Dynamic Physical Education for Elementary School Children with Curriculum Guide
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Call Number: Tyson Curriculum Center ; C. 372.86 P19d 18 edThis text guides prospective teachers through step-by-step techniques for teaching physical education. It offers a combination of theoretical framework and hands-on activities, with information on contemporary trends, research and fitness technology as well as management techniques. -
Fun Classroom Fitness Routines: Ages 10 to 14
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Call Number: Tyson Curriculum Center ; C Activities 613.7042 F96fThis is the perfect resource for classroom and physical educators who are strapped for space but are still required to meet state or local mandates on minutes of physical activity time. Created to be used in a classroom--with no need for extensive equipment or instruction time--Students watch the DVD and follow along with educator and host Carol Scaini as she demonstrates each exercise routine. Contains five ready-to-go fitness routines lasting 10 minutes each, plus a 7-minute warm-up and stretch routine. -
Fun Classroom Fitness Routines: Ages 4 to 9
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Call Number: Tyson Curriculum Center ; C Activities 372.86 F96fThis is the perfect resource for class room and physical educators who have limited space and physical education time. This DVD will keep kids active and moving in a way that's appropriate for their ages and interests. Students watch the DVD and follow along with educator and host Carol Scaini as she demonstrates each exercise routine. The DVD contains five ready-to-go fitness routines lasting 10 minutes each, plus a 7-minute warm-up and stretch routine. -
Health Opportunities Through Physical Education
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Call Number: Tyson Curriculum Center ; C. 613 C81hThis innovative textbook, with a full suite of related resources, has been created to support student development and enhancement of healthy behaviors that influence their lifestyle choices and health and fitness. A key feature of this curriculum is the complete integration of physical education and health concepts and skills to maximize student interest, learning, and application. -
Early Elementary Children Moving and Learning
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Call Number: Tyson Curriculum Center ; C Activities 372.86 P58eThis lively movement program complements any early elementary curriculum. With many developmentally appropriate, standards-based activities, this resource provides ideas for basic movement, cooperative activities, educational gymnastics, and rhythm and dance lessons. -
Eat Well and Keep Moving
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Call Number: Tyson Curriculum Center ; C Activities 372.37 Ea8c 2 edSchool-based program that equips children with the knowledge, skills, and supportive environment they need to lead more healthful lives by choosing nutritious diets and being physically active. A multi-faceted program encompassing all aspects of the learning environment, from the classroom, the cafeteria, and the gymnasium, to school hallways, homes and even community centers. -
Childhood Obesity in America
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Call Number: 618.92398 D32cActivists and the courts are the most recent players in the obesity epidemic's biography. Today, obesity in this age group is seen as a complex condition, with metabolic, endocrine, genetic, psychological, and social elements. Laura Dawes makes a powerful case that understanding the cultural history of a disease is critical to developing effective health policy. -
Physical Best Activity Guide
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Call Number: Tyson Curriculum Center Activities ; C Activities 613.7071 P56n 3 edDeveloped by top-level physical educators, this volume will help students gain the knowledge, skills, appreciation, and confidence they need to lead active, healthy lives, regardless of physical and mental abilities or disabilities. The text contains 70 easy-to-use instructional activities, ranging from noncompetitive to competitive and from less demanding to more demanding. -
Physical Education Methods for Elementary Teachers
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Call Number: Tyson Curriculum Center ; C Activities 372.86 T36p 3 edPhysical Education Methods for Elementary Teachers, Third Edition, will help preservice and in-service teachers and physical education specialists gain insight into teaching physical education, physical activity, and healthy eating. This edition includes: research on best practices in physical education; essential information that preservice and in-service teachers need to know to teach physical education; a DVD-ROM with video clips that show main concepts and methods in action in real-world settings; and 74 complete and proven reproducible lesson plans. -
Physical Activity and Nutrition for Health
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Call Number: Tyson Curriculum Center ; C Activities 372.86 H77pThis book and CD-ROM package will help promote fitness and nutrition among students and staff, and its nutrition services tools will help enhance student success. This package includes 60 developmentally appropriate, pilot-tested lessons for fitness and nutrition; CD-ROM with 124 reproducibles, including 16 family activities, 45 worksheets, 6 transparencies, 27 exercise cards, 24 food cards, and 6 station cards; tools that offer practical ideas for building student health physically, emotionally, and cognitively; cross-curricular information that supports other subject areas and is adaptable for various grades; multiple assessment techniques; and family and community activities. -
Fitness for Life
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Call Number: Tyson Curriculum Center ; C. 613 C81f 6 edThis classic, evidence-based book will guide students in becoming informed consumers on matters related to lifelong physical activity and fitness, taking responsibility for setting individualized goals, and making their own plans for active living. To accomplish this overarching goal, they learn a variety of self-management skills, including self-assessment. The program is based on established educational theory as outlined in the online teacher's guide. -
Planet Health
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Call Number: Tyson Curriculum Center ; C Activities 613.20712 P69cHelps teachers tackle a growing problem among adolescents: not enough physical activity, too much TV, and poor eating habits. The authors designed these fully integrated, interdisciplinary materials to fit easity into any existing curriculum, no matter how packed your day is. Includes ready-to-use lesson plans, worksheets and much more. -
How to Teach Nutrition to Kids, 3rd Edition
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Call Number: Tyson Curriculum Center ; C Activities 372.373 Ev2h 3 edFun, integrated, and behavior-focused, How to Teach Nutrition to Kids weaves nutrition education with math, science, language arts, social studies, performing arts, physical education, health education and the school cafeteria. Packed with ideas that empower children to evaluate nutrition information, make smart food choices and creatively prepare food, this book is used in schools, hospitals, scouting programs, 4-H, summer camps, and many other youth-focused initiatives.
