Resources and References

Articles for Background on Obesity

American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1200000

Evidence Grows on Link Between Childhood Obesity and Adult Cardiovascular Disease and Mortal http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content4/obesity.disease.html

Fat Loss Mother Nature's Way http://www.cbass.com/MOTHERNA.HTM

PBS TeacherSource http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/thismonth/mar01/index3.shtm

Articles on Chemical and Biological Aspects of Food Usage

Regulation of energy and nutrient metabolism in humans http://www-lnh.unil.ch/IPWeb/_EJ9899.html#ej2

Articles on Disease

Genes and Disease http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/disease/Obesity.html

National Diabetes Statistics http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/diabetes/pubs/dmstats/dmstats.htm#7

Articles on Health

Body Fat Calculation http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~bof/Weights/bodyfat.html

Body Fat Estimator http://www.stevenscreek.com/goodies/pi.shtml

Body Fat Female Celebrity http://members.aol.com/fatguy2/CelebrityBodyFat.html

Coronary Heart Disease Risk Calculator http://www.intmed.mcw.edu/clincalc/heartrisk.html

Developing the Right Attitude http://www.ndsu.edu/wellness/classes/handouts/diet_jan2002.pdf

Do You Know the Health Risks of Being Overweight? http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/nutrit/pubs/health.htm#are

Fast Food Finder http://www.olen.com/food/

Finally A Cure for Obesity http://www.obesity.org/subs/fastfacts/obesity_US.shtml

How Fitness Works http://fitness.howstuffworks.com/calorie5.htm

Your Guide to Lowering High Blood Pressure http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/hbp/bp/bp.htm

Articles on Statistics/Public Policy

Mississippi Declares War on Obesity http://www.eatrightmississippi.org/obesity.html

Overweight and Obesity Statistics http://default.healthmobius.com/wms/understanding/statistics.asp

Articles on Energy

Activity Calorie Calculator http://www.primusweb.com/cgi-bin/fpc/actcalc.pl

Calculate Your Calories Burned http://iucar.iu.edu/geninfo/walking/calburn.htm

How Many Calories Am I Burning When I Exercise, by Lisa Balbach http://kirtland.cc.mi.us/~balbachl/calorie.htm

AJP Filler, Number 387 from the American Journal of Physics

Instructional Aides

Instructional Framework for Computational Science <http://pls.mines.edu/ncslp>

Erin Marie Furtak, NCSLP

Equation Samples

Flowchart Directions

Flowcharts <http://deming.eng.clemson.edu/pub/tutorials/qctools/flowm.htm>

Rubrics
Body Fat Measurements

The Best Body Fat Calipers and How to Make Them More Reliable <http://www.sport-fitness-advisor.com/bodyfatcalipers.html>

Body Fat Measurement Charts <http://www.accumeasurefitness.com/descript.html>

Stella

STELLA Tutorial <http://holland.wrhsonline.org/stella/>
Susan Ragan, Maryland Virtual High School
Model sample
Body Composition Model
Cotter, D. and Jakobsson, E., 1998, FFM Settling Point Regulation of Human Body Composition: A Dynamic Simulation Model, Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign.

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