2. 9 th Grade Students By Henry Julian Maldonado

3.  Helps build and maintain healthy bones and muscles  Helps reduce the risk of:  developing obesity  chronic diseases, such as diabetes  cardiovascular disease  colon cancer

4.  Reduces feelings of depression and anxiety  promotes psychological well-being  May help improve students’ academic performance, including  Academic achievement and grades  Academic behavior, such as time on task  May improve attentiveness in the classroom

6.  Overweight and obesity is influenced by physical inactivity and poor diet  It can increase one’s risk for diabetes, high blood pressure  also high cholesterol, asthma, arthritis, and poor health status.  Physical inactivity increases one’s risk for:  dying prematurely, dying of heart disease, and developing diabetes  colon cancer, and high blood pressure

7.  In 2013, less than half of high school students:  attended physical education classes in an average week  The percentage of high school students who attended:  physical education classes daily decreased from 42% in 1991 to 25% in 1995  It remained stable at that level until 2013 (29%).  In 2013, 42% of 9th-grade students attended physical education class  but only 20% of 12th-grade students attended physical education class daily

9.  Most U.S. youth:  Do not meet recommendations for eating fruits and vegetables each day  Do not eat the minimum recommended amounts of whole grains  Eat more than the recommended maximum daily intake of sodium

10.  Empty calories from added sugars and solid fats contribute:  40% of daily calories for children and adolescents  The affected agers are 2–18 years affecting the overall quality of their diets  Approximately half of these empty calories come from six sources:  soda, fruit drinks, dairy desserts  grain desserts, pizza, and whole milk

11.  Adolescents drink more full-calorie soda per day than milk.  Males aged 12–19 years drink an average of 22 ounces of full-calorie soda per day  more than twice their intake of fluid milk (10 ounces)  females drink an average of 14 ounces of full-calorie soda and only 6 ounces of fluid milk

13.  A poor diet can lead to energy imbalance  It can increase one’s risk for overweight and obesity.  A poor diet can increase the risk of cancer for:  lungs, esophageal, stomach, colorectal and prostate cancers.

14.  eating fast food one or more times per week can increased risk of:  weight gain, overweight, and obesity  Drinking sugar-sweetened beverages can result in:  weight gain, overweight, and obesity.

15.  Having access to drinking water gives students:  a healthy alternative to sugar-sweetened beverages  Hunger and food insecurity might increase risk for lower dietary quality  It may also cause undernutrition.  undernutrition can negatively affect:  overall health, cognitive development, and school performance.

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17.  Proper nutrition promotes the optimal growth  Promotes development of children  Healthy eating helps prevent:  high cholesterol  high blood pressure

18.  also helps reduce the risk of developing chronic diseases such as:  cardiovascular disease, cancer, and diabetes  Healthy eating helps reduce one’s risk for:  developing obesity, osteoporosis  iron deficiency, and dental caries (cavities)

20. WWhat is good about having group activities? IIt makes activities more fun KKeeps everyone active YYou have more options in games YYou can incorporate anything into the games SSkills and creative thinking can be part of the game

21.  Four Square  Kickball  Capture the flag  Relay races  Red Rover  Wiffleball

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