Obesity

=//**Fast Food Nation**//=


 * Essential Questions:**

What does it mean to be obese?

How does weight control your life?


 * Unit Questions:**

What environmental and societal factors influence obesity?

How can we determine the factors that contribute to obesity when genetic makeup is different for each individual?

How does advertising affect our eating choices?


 * Content Questions:**

How can a nutrition plan be established?

What factors determine whether an item is healthy or unhealthy?

//** Food, Girls, and Other Things I Can't Have **//

What harm can a little lie do?
 * Essential Questions:**

What about a bunch of little lies?

Can lies change who you are? Make you unrecognizable even to yourself?

What societal factors influence obesity among teenagers?
 * Unit Questions**

What role does parenting play in the prevention of obesity?

How far should you go to be the person you really want to be?
 * Content Questions**

How do people reinvent themselves in the middle of high school?

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 * Video: "Are you making your kid fat?" (CNN)**




 * Please read the following article from //Time//.**

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 * Video: 'Are Fast Food Chains Really Getting Healthier?" (ABC)**




 * Read the following //NY Times// article**



@http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2010/01/14/health/14obese-graphic.html
 * Chart: Tracking Obesity Trends**