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The information on this page provides links to important 
specialized issues of Health Education.  Personal values and viewpoints will be engaged and will differ among readers.

 Obesity / Diet Issues 

PBS Science of Fat  (High School) How the body regulates weight by carefully controlling the storage and burning of fat—and how a better understanding of these complex metabolic systems could lead researchers to treatments that curb obesity and improve public health. Click here for lecture summaries.  Watch this informal talk

PBS Counting Calories - Complete with Note to educators this is part of the series "Fat and Happy".  Be sure to calculate your BMI (Body Mass Index).

Diet Wars - PBS Frontline. April 2004. An examination of the debates on a site that includes introduction, some basics- food, fat & diets, quiz, and teacher's guide. 

The Hacker's Diet How to lose weight and hair through stress and poor nutrition

CNN March 3, 2003 Global health group- Slash sugar intake 

CNN March 4, 2003 Americans super-sizing at home, too Look at the 'related' box on the right for
What is a portion- A cheat sheet to help guide you 
What's your Body Mass Index- 
Is fat the next tobacco- 
What's fatter- What's cheaper- 

Grab a Grape Answers are given, what are the questions? 

Have a Bite - try to see the results of your eating

Globe and Mail newspaper

October 19, 2002 article Fat children outweigh fat adults, Statscan says 

October 21, 2002 article The roots of inactivity 

 Smoking Issues 

Weedless Wednesday - 3^rd Wednesday each January.
What happens on this day?  How can this day affect life style choices?  Is once a year enough or is it becoming a boring issue for others - but not me, not my friends?

CBC In depth Smoking 

See the  Web Quest link for a smoking Web Quest on Friends Don't Let Friends Smoke 

Committed Quitters  and Quit Smoking Guide main page, quit smoking basics give information on the problem and understanding of the necessary changes needed. These are web sites for information as well as product promotion for quitting smoking.

Economics of Tobacco Control  has some helpful jump off links for Tobacco Quit Lines . According to this World Bank site on tobacco, over 22,000,000 people have died from tobacco use since January 2000. The Tobacco Atlas has detailed country comparative data and maps. This report is a comprehensive examination of the fiscal, trade, regulatory, agricultural and industrial aspects of global tobacco use and control. 

 Teen Life Issues  

Teen Touch - Winnipeg http://www.teentouch.org/

Teacher Planet - AIDS Teacher Resources page lessons, units, worksheets and links to other resources ( new for December 1, 2003)

CNN story (Dec. 1, 2003) Millions mark World AIDS Day 

CNN 2005 stories

1. Living with AIDS November 30, 2005,
2. 'Keep promise' is 2005 AIDS Day theme 
3. AIDS activists - Honor pledges
4. AIDS considered 'greatest threat'
5. AIDS- 20 years of an epidemic (2001)
6. AIDS- Africa in peril (2000)

CBC

1. AIDS background page
2. AIDS in Africa
3. UN campaign marks World AIDS Day 
4. Dec. 2, 2002, CBC TV AIDS In Malawi-
5. AIDS WORLDWIDE (2005)
6. AIDS WORLDWIDE (2004)
7. AIDS WORLDWIDE (2003)

World AIDS Day  start with this CBC web site for current and archived stories

PBS News Hour Extra The AIDS Crisis

BBC web pages

1. HIV subject of global lesson
2. Prevention 'focus of HIV fight'
3. The Aids crisis
4. Number with HIV 'at highest yet'
5. A South African success story
6. Russia wakes up to Aids epidemic

Brian Pop - take the quiz for a starter.

HIV Basics - from MTV and SEX, ETC for December- World AIDS Day Calls Attention to Youth and HIV 

December 1  World Aids Day official web page

UN and AIDS 2003 'Live and Let Live'

AIDS Toolkit UNAC

Google Search World AIDS Day

AIDS programs UNICEF USA

ABC TV 2005 special images

 Drug Addiction Issues and Drug Use 

PBS Frontline (June 2004) Teacher Guide for Drug Wars 

 Pregnancy Issues and Development

Life's Greatest Miracle Main Page 

BBC Pregnancy timeline

 Sleeping Disorders -  Issues and Development

Sleep Well and Do Well is the motto of this special web link launched in February, 2001.  Welcome to the Garfield Star Sleeper web site that is part of the National Center on Sleep Disorders Research.  You can Solve the mystery or Play other games.  In addition, there are links for Kids, Teachers, Parents and Pediatricians.  
What affect does sleep have on our waking time?  How does sleep make us ready for the future days ahead?  What happens when we do not get enough?

 R. S. I. 

Children at risk for R.S.I. - Repetitive Strain Injury 2003 10 10
The condition occurs when repetitive hand motions over a long period of time put pressure on the median nerve, which runs through a narrow channel - the carpal tunnel - in the wrist. That can cause numbness or pain in the thumb and first three fingers, especially at night, and sometimes requires surgery. Reduce the risk - read the IT story.

 Heart Exercise 

Proactive life style changes to beat Heart Disease.  This includes links to

Target Heart Rates from AHA's Just Move web site
http://www.justmove.org/fitnessnews/hfbodyframe.cfm?Target=hartrates.html 

Target Heart Rate Calculator
http://www.justmove.org/fitnessnews/hfbodyframe.cfm?Target=hartrates.html 

AHA's Just Move web site on physical fitness
http://www.justmove.org/home.cfm 

Heart Information Network's: "Why is Exercise so Good?"
http://www.heartinfo.org/news97/exerc5197.htm 

Visible heart animation and The Visible Heart - animations focus on the gross anatomy of the human heart. The model of the heart is semitransparent, allows viewing through the thick cardiac muscle into the four heart chambers. Cardiovascular: Virtual Lab is an award winning web site. (new January 2006)