Kristin Wiley High School

Purpose  Promote motivation and support to high school students  Provide different methods to track and count caloric intake daily  Inform students on the healthy habits for life long wellness  Provide reliable resources for healthy living

Mypyramid.org  Designed to educate about different food groups  Calorie counter (put in the food that you consumed)  Helps promote people to stay within the allotted calories per day (depends on individual person)  Price: free online website

Body Weight Scale  Measures current weight  Sets goals to be reached through Body Mass Index calculations (BMI)  Price: $30.00  Source: Amazon

Electric Body Fat Scale  Measures percent body fat with a simple electric current  Two modes athletic and normal  Only takes up to 7 seconds for results  Price: $29.99  Source: Amazon

Body composition caliper  Skin fold caliper testing  Price: $10.00  Source: Amazon

Pedometer  Counts step while exercising to give students an idea of their progress  Price: 50 units for = 3.90 per unit  Source: Amazon

Healthy Cook book for teens  Great food ideas for teens  Makes my pyramids information comes to life!  Helpful to parents too!  Price: $12.00 each  Total cost: 10= $  Source: Amazon

Rationale  Obesity rises everyday in the United States  Teaching/learning healthy habits early in life will prevent life long issues  Relatively cheap equipment  Can be made fun and educational

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