Body Needs

This interactive feature from the NOVA "Dying to Be Thin" Web site describes the nutritional needs of the body and how to meet them.

Choosing Foods for Your Health

This resource includes two video segments adapted from Living With MyType2 and features diabetic teenagers Misty and Tim explaining how they carefully choose the foods they eat.

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Contaminants in the Arctic Human Population

In this video segment adapted from LOKE Films and the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme, learn how human populations in the Arctic are affected by industrial contaminants in the food chain.

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Eating Healthy Foods

In this video adapted from Media That Matters, students explain how healthy foods help your body and processed foods can harm it.

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Fishing for Safe Food

This interactive game adapted from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is a fun way to learn which types of fish contain low levels of mercury and are safe to eat and which contain high levels and should be avoided.

Guess What's Coming to Dinner?

Browse through a table full of genetically modified (GM) foods to see what's available now and what's to come. From the FRONTLINE/NOVA: "Harvest of Fear" Web site.

Healthy Eating

In this lesson, students learn about nutrition and healthy food choices. They explore the difference between "everyday" and "sometimes" foods and think about where they can find different foods.

Increasing Physical Activity in Schools: PD for Elementary Teachers

This module uses video and text to describe strategies for increasing physical activity during the school day.

Introduction to the Smoking Section

In this video segment from New York Voices, two people talk about their addiction to smoking.

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Making Women's Health a Priority

In this video from Wide Angle, Aaron Brown (host of Wide Angle) interviews Dr. Margaret Chan (Director-General of the World Health Organization- WHO), about a program to reduce the maternal death rate in Mozambique and related health issues.

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Mercury Calculator

This interactive calculator produced by Teachers' Domain helps you determine the mercury levels in various types of fish, and enables you to make more informed choices about which fish are safe to eat and which should be avoided or eaten infrequently.

Mixed signals: Why is the USDA Promoting Nutrition and Pushing Cheese?

In this video adapted from Need to Know, learn about the mixed messages the U.S. Department of Agriculture sends to the American public around food.

Nutrition: What Your Body Needs

In this lesson designed to enhance literacy skills, students examine the nutritional content of different foods and learn about the health benefits and risks associated with the food choices they make.

Ratio and Proportional Reasoning: Food Labels

In this lesson designed to enhance literacy skills, students learn how to use fractions to interpret the nutritional information contained on food labels.

Should We Grow GM Crops?

Learn the pros and cons of genetically modified (GM) crops, and cast your vote on whether they should be grown. From the FRONTLINE/NOVA: "Harvest of Fear" Web site.

The Smoking Section

Learn various perspectives on the issue of smoking in public places in New York City in this video segment from New York Voices.

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Unintended Chemical Exposures

This interactive slideshow produced for Teachers' Domain features products and foods we use every day and explains why some of the chemicals they contain might be hazardous to our health.

Viewpoints: Harvest of Fear

What do the experts say about genetically modified (GM) foods? Read these interview excerpts from the FRONTLINE/NOVA: "Harvest of Fear" Web site to find out.