How does your class view themselves? High schoolers explore body image through a series of four activities. Groups collaborate to examine the changes we experience as a part of growing up, how the media influences body image, and healthy diet and exercise tips.

Concepts

healthy eating, healthy habits, body image, body awareness, diet, exercise, eating disorders, eating habits, nutritional needs

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Additional Tags

health

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Instructional Ideas

• Invite a speaker to class that has overcome an eating disorder
• Have the class keep track of the foods they eat or their exercise habits and incorporate their results into the lesson
  

Classroom Considerations

• Consider adding state-specific data to the unit, as the document contains only behavior statistics for Indiana teens
• Ask students or coworkers for old magazines so you have plenty for the second activity

Pros

• The activities are easy to plan and execute
• Content is very relatable for high school pupils
  

Cons

• None