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Course, Subject

Health, Physical Education, Health, Physical Education, and Family and Consumer Sciences

Lesson Objectives

Students will use an online calculator to determine their Body Mass Index (BMI).

Duration

30 minutes

Description

Working individually, students will find out what their BMI is and if they fall into the normal, overweight, or obese range.

This lesson is one part of a larger unit, Health. While completing this unit, students will learn about how to manage their nutrition, weight, and exercise to live a healthy lifestyle.

Consumer Jungle units are designed to be flexible, and can be used as one integrated unit or individual segments. If you are planning to use the unit in its entirety, please see the Related Content field for the additional lessons. The End of Unit Assessment field contains links to the concept quizzes for the unit.

Materials

• Copies of the Calculate Your BMI student worksheet
• Nutrition, Weight & Exercise PowerPoint
• Computers with Internet access

Step-by-Step Procedure

1. Ask the class what is meant by the term BMI? What does it mean? How does your BMI relate to your overall health?
2. Review BMI with the class.
3. Hand out the Calculate your BMI worksheet to students.
4. Demonstrate how to calculate your BMI for the class using the CDC tool.
   
   • If you are 20 and older, use the adult calculator at http://www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/assessing/bmi/adult_bmi/english_bmi_calculator/bmi_calculator.html
5. Give students access to a computer connected to the Internet or hand out copies of the Body Mass Index table.
6. Ask students to answer the questions on the worksheet.
7. Discuss with the class what they can do to maintain or change their weight. Discuss healthy eating habits and exercise.
8. Have students write down one thing they learned from the activity and one thing they will do regarding their eating habits and exercise on the back of the worksheet. Students should turn this in as an exit slip on their way out of class.

Related Content

• Self Contract
• Common Procedure Costs
• eHealth Insurance

End of Unit Assessment

Students can take the concept quizzes via pen and paper.

Downloads:

• Nutrition Concept Quiz 1
• Nutrition Concept Quiz 2

Content Provider

Consumer Jungle is dedicated to providing young adults with the life skills they need to become responsible, informed consumers. Consumer Jungle provides engaging and relevant consumer education curricula covering a variety of topics such as credit cards, transportation, living on your own, personal finances, telecommunications, health, and e-commerce fraud. Developed with input from teachers, students, and parents, Consumer Jungle delivers interactive games, activities, and relevant information directly to the home or classroom.

Website(s)

• Consumer Jungle -http://www.consumerjungle.org
• CDC: About BMI, Information for Children and Teens - http://www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/assessing/bmi/childrens_bmi/about_childrens_bmi.html

Related Academic Standards

New York State

HPF.HE.C.1.1.B Students demonstrate the necessary knowledge and skills to promote healthy development into adulthood.

HPF.HE.C.1.1.C Students apply prevention and risk reduction strategies, which can delay the onset or reduce the risk of potential health problems into adulthood.

HPF.PE.C.1.1.E Students know the components of personal wellness (nutrition and weight control, disease prevention, stress management, safety, and physical fitness), establish a personal profile with fitness/wellness goals, and engage in appropriate activities to improve or sustain their fitness.

HPF.FC.C.1.1.B Students adjust their own diet to accommodate changing levels of activity or to meet their nutritional needs throughout the life cycle.

HPF.FC.Alt.1.1 Students will use an understanding of the elements of good nutrition to plan appropriate diets for themselves and others. They will know and use the appropriate tools and technology for safe and healthy food preparation and eating.