Presentation

Write what you would tell an individual or a group of adults (in your church or community) about the importance of diet and exercise in preventing health problems.

Include the following:

1. Reasons why obesity is such a great problem today in our country

2. Health problems obesity could cause unless controlled (list and describe 6 possible health problems)

3. Ways obesity can be controlled

4. What you learned about body fat

5. What you learned about eating right

6. What you learned about exercise

7. A description of how the BodyComp Model can help someone determine how to change their eating and deliberate exercise habits to achieve their desired weight and percent body fat.

8. A description of an overweight ficticious person giving his weight, percent body fat, daily calories consumed and daily calories burned. Using the BodyComp Model describe what his body weight and percent fat will be in 5 years. Recommend a specific change in calories intake and/or exercise that will help the person achieve ideal weight and body fat in 5 years.

9. Give your sources credit for information you included in your paper.

Your paper must be typed or hand written (dark blue or black ink). It should be double spaced with 1" margins and 1.5 inch margins at the top. If typed it should be no larger than 12 point. It should be 2 or more pages long. If hand written it should be two pages single spaced.

It is due by ____________________.

Your paper will be graded by the following:

10 points for neatness and following instructions.

10 points each for 1-9.

Each day your paper is late 10 points will be deducted.