Health and Fitness

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Vocabulary Word List: 26 words: calories, cholesterol, commitment, confusion, continuance, dedication, determination, discipline, electrolytes, endurance, fitness, forbearance, hesitation, indecision, indolence, metabolism, method, negligence, nutrition, perseverance, persistence, proteins, resolution, steadfastness, tiredness, vitamins

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Vocabulary Word List for Health and Wellness (458)
A) Abnormal, Abstinence, Accessible, Ache, Active, Activity, Acupuncture, Addictive, Additives, Advocate, Aerobics, Affect, AIDS, Alarming, Alcohol, Alert, Alimentation, Allergy, Ambulatory, Anatomy, Anatomy, Anemia, Anorexia, Antidote, Anxiety, Appearance, Appetite, Athlete, Athletics
B) Bacteria, Balance, Beauty, Behavior, Bend, Benefit, Biceps, Bicycling, Biofeedback, Blood, Blood pressure, Body, Bones, Booze, Breath, Breathe
C) Calcium, Calisthenics, Calorie, Capacity, Care, Cereals, Challenges, Champion, Change, Choices, Circulation, Clean, Clinic, Coach, Collapse, Comestibles, Commitment, Communication, Competition, Conditioning, Consequence, Contribute, Control, Coordination, Cope, Courage, Crime, Cross-train, Crouch, Cuisine, Culinary, Curative, Cure
D) Dangerous, Dating, Deadly, Decision, Defect, Dehydration, Dentist, Depression, Develop, Diagnostic, Diet, Digest, Digestion, Diner, Dinner, Disability, Discipline, Disease, Dish, Disorder, Doctor, Drinking, Drive, Drugs
E) Eating, Education, Effect, Elder care, Emerging, Emotional, Endurance, Energy, Enforce, Epidemic, Equipment, Erect, Ergonomics, Establish, Excess, Exercise, Experience
F) Family, Fast food, Fitness, Flavor, Flexible, Folic acid, Food pyramid, Fracture, Fragrant, Framework, Freedom, Friends, Friendship, Fruit, Function
G) Gain, Generation, Genetics, Glands, Goal, Grain(s), Grip, Growth, Guideline, Gymnasium
H) Habit, Handle, Harmful, Headache, Health, Healthy, Helpful, Herbs, High blood pressure, HIV, Homemade, Hormones, Hospital, Humor, Hunger, Hungry, Hygiene, Hygienic
I) Image, Immunization, Impact, Improvement, Inactivity, Individual, Infancy, Infection, Infirm, Infirmary, Inflammation, Influence, Influenza, Ingredient, Inherent, Injury, Innovate, Insulin, Insurance, Integrity, Intensity, Interpretation, Intimate, Investigate, Involuntary, Iron, Isotonic
J) Jazzercise, Jog, Joints, Judge, Jujitsu, Jump
K) Karate, Kinesics, Kinesiology, Kinesthesia, Kinetic
L) Laughter, Laziness, Learning, Liability, Lifestyle, Limits, Living, Longevity, Lose, Losing, Loss, Lumbar
M) Maintenance, Management, Maneuver, Martial Arts, Massage, Masseur, Mat, Maximize, Measure, Medical, Medication, Medicine, Memory, Mental health, Metabolic, Method, Minerals, Minimize, Mixture, Moisture, Monitor, Mood, Motion, Motivate, Motivation, Movement, Muscles
N) Narcotics, Nauseous, Nemesis, Nerves, Nicotine, Nurse, Nutrient, Nutrition
O) Obese, Obstacle, Olfactory, Opportunity, Optimism, Option, Ossification, Outbreak, Outstanding, Overweight, Oxygen
P) Panacea, Panic, Participation, Peer, Percentage, Performance, Perspiration, Pessimism, Petrify, Pharmacy, Physiotherapy, Pilates, Play, Pollution, Popularity, Portion, Position, Positive, Posture, Potent, Power, Power play, Practice, Pregnancy, Prenatal, Preserve, Pressure, Prevention, Process, Professional, Program, Promising, Proportion, Protection, Psychology, Pulley, Puncture
Q) Quadriceps Regimen, Quick, Quiver
R) Radiation, Rebound, Recognition, Record, Recovery, Recreation, Reflex, Refreshment, Regulation, Rehabilitation, Relationship, Relaxation, Religion, Representative, Research, Reserve, Resilient, Resistance, Respiration, Respiration, Response, Responsibility, Restoration, Resuscitation, Risk, Rivalry, Role, Rolfing, Rotation, Routine, Rush
S) Safety, Sanitary, Sauna, Scare, Scenario, Scientific studies, Seasonings, Sedentary, Self-defense, Senile, Sex, Shape Siblings, Signal, Simple steps, Size, Skin, Sleep, Slide, Smog, Smoking, Soothe, Spa, Speculation, Speed, Speed-walk, Spirit, Sports, Sportsmanship, Squad, Squat, Stability, Stamina, Staple, Starve, Statistics, STD, Stimulate, Strategy, Strength, Strenuous, Stress, Stretching, Stride, Strong, Struggle, Substance, Suitability, Superstition, Supination, Supplement(s), Support, Supremacy, Surgery, Suspension, Swimming, Symptoms, System
T) Tackle, Taunting, Team, Teammate, Teasing, Technique, Technique, Temptation, Tension, Terror, Testing, Therapeutic, Therapy, Timing, Tobacco, Tone, Torso, Tournament, Toxin, Trainer, Training, Transformation, Transplant, Trauma, Treatment, Tremors, Trend
U) Ulcer, Ultrasound, Unhealthy, Unrestricted, Unusual
V) Vaccination, Valor, Vault, Vegetables, Vibration, Victory, Vigorous, Violation, Virus, Vital, Vitamin, Voluntary, Vulnerable
W) Walking, Warm up, Watchful, Water, Weigh, Weight, Weights, Welfare, Wellness, Whirlpool, Whole-grain, Win, Wince, Winning, Wisdom, Witness, Work, Work out, Wrinkles
X) X-rays
Y) Yoga, Youth
Z) Zeal, Zest, Zinc, Zone
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To ensure good health and wellness, remember NOT to snack between meals!
Eat at a normal/regular time!
Sit down, don't stand to eat!
Use a plate for meals, not containers!
Drink plenty of water before you begin to eat and throughout the day!
Chew thoroughly before swallowing!
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Health and Wellness Lesson Plans:

1. Discuss food groups/diet and how they affect behavior
2. What are some of the consequences of drugs, alcohol or tobacco to one's health?
3. List examples of ways that families, peers, colleagues and friends help one's mental health!
4. What kinds of things besides deep breathing, walking, eating wisely and exercising help to reduce stress?
5. Boredom, environment, family, friends, hunger, labels, packaging, popularity of items, shape of item, size of plates, and smells affect eating habits. What do you propose to solve the dilemma?
6. What other suggestions encourage "good" eating habits?

DATES
Mar. 1, National Nutrition Month http://www.eatright.org
Apr. 10, National Women\'s Nutrition Week www.appliednutritionconcepts.com
May 1, National Fitness, Physical and Sports Month www.presidentschallenge.org
Oct. 1, Nutrition: Eat Better, Eat Together Month www.nutrition.wsu.edu
May, National BBQ Month and National Hamburger Month

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