1. Health and Fitness Trends Module B: Lesson 2 Grade 12 Healthy, Active Lifestyles

2. Essential Questions What is a trend? What is a current health and/or fitness trend? How are trends used to address issues and interests? How have the trends in health and fitness changed in the last few years?

3. trend noun 1. the general course or prevailing tendency; drift: trends in the teaching of foreign languages; the trend of events. 2. style or vogue: the new trend in women's apparel. 3. the general direction followed by a road, river, coastline, or the like. verb (used without object) 4. to have a general tendency, as events, conditions, etc. 5. to tend to take a particular direction; extend in some direction indicated. 6. to emerge as a popular trend; be currently popular: trending topics on the Internet; words that have trended this year.

4. fad noun a temporary fashion, notion, manner of conduct, etc., especially one followed enthusiastically by a group

5. Health and Fitness Trend Predictions ACSM’s Health and Fitness Trend Predictions Worldwide Survey Reveals Fitness Trends for 2008 – “Exercise programs for children to fight childhood and adolescent obesity” was ranked as the number 1 and number 2 ACE’s Fitness Trend Predictions

6. Trend Predictions and Analysis Offer suggestions for what they perceive to be current trends in health and fitness Rank the identified trends based on how strong they perceive the trends to be Offer their reasons for selecting the identified trends Share with students the trends identified by ACSM or ACE.