Unit 2 Keeping
Your Body Healthy
Health Inventory
Increase your awareness of your own health and your commitment
to it by completing a Health
Inventory and Personal
Wellness Contract.
Web Links
Chapter 4, Lesson 1
USDA: Nutrient Data Laboratory
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/cgi-bin/nut_search.pl
Search the USDA database for nutritional information of one
of your favorite foods. Keep a diary of everything you eat
for a day and then calculate your day’s nutritional intake
using this database. Are there ways you can improve your diet?
Nutrition, Fruits, and Vegetables
http://www.dole5aday.com/Grownups/G_Index.html
Do you know what phytochemicals are? They are active ingredients
found in fruits and vegetables that help your body fight off
disease. From this Web site, click on “Fruit and Vegetable
Info.” Choose five fruits or vegetables and, using information
contained on this site, write a report explaining how they
help your body.
Nutrition Café
http://www.exhibits.pacsci.org/nutrition/
Tracking down the unhealthy culprits in a diet takes a good
understanding of nutritional concepts and, of course, some
solid detective work. Become a nutrition sleuth and find the
missing nutrients in each of the case files on this site.
Can you find them all?
Chapter 4, Lesson 2
Understanding the Food Guide Pyramid
http://www.nal.usda.gov:8001/py/pmap.htm
By now, you probably know the Food Guide Pyramid by heart.
But do you know what actually counts as a serving in each
of the six groups? Write down what you eat for a day and calculate
how many servings you consume of each food group. Do you stay
within the limits set by the pyramid? If not, what can you
change about your eating habits?
Chapter 4, Lesson 4
Human Anatomy Online: InnerBody.com
http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html
Do you know what your body looks like on the inside? Can you
explain how the digestive system works? Visit this Web site
to learn the inside scoop on body systems, organ functions,
and much more. Find out more about the digestive system, and
then summarize what you have learned in a brief report.
Your Gross and Cool Body
http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/flash/body/pg000029.html
Have you ever wondered where dandruff or hiccups come from?
They are both by-products of your body’s natural functions.
Read the section on “Bad Breath” and then learn about your
body’s sense of smell. Share some of the facts you find here
with classmates in a short report.
• Health
Inventory
