Physical Activity 4 of 5 Teaching Steps 1. Healthy Weight Management Discuss how physical activity contributes to the maintenance of a healthy weight. See Physical Activity and Weight Management. Everyone needs to eat an adequate amount of food to provide the provide the energy the body needs.
Aerobic exercise helps people attain and maintain a healthy weight.
Diets alone seldom lead to permanent weight loss. Discuss valid sources of information about weight management Divide students into small groups and give each group one or more of the weight loss advertisements you collected. Ask students to analyze the claims in the advertisements and decide whether the ads offer valid sources of information. Ask groups to identify valid sources of information to substantiate or repudiate the claims in their ads. Remind students of criteria for valid sources of information.