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Summary: Fad diets and "miracle" products are not the keys to attaining long-term physical health. This program uses the success stories of people who have made fitness a lifelong goal to illustrate the benefits of living a healthful life that includes smart food choices and regular exercise. By eating well and staying active, students can attain optimum performance both athletically and academically.

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005

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Summary: When diabetes forced Yvonne to take her health seriously, she enlisted the help of a registered dietician and started exercising. By looking at Yvonne and others, this program details how the right foods combined with an adequate amount of exercise can help you avoid certain diseases and cope with existing medical conditions. Basic exercise tips and fitness assessment pointers are combined with...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005

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Summary: A combination of exercise and smart eating will help anyone-from the varsity quarterback to the student who simply needs to fulfill gym requirements. It's also important to recognize that good nutrition is the power source not just for physical activity, but also for mental acuity. This video shows young people how to make healthy eating a priority as they pursue sports and fitness. Viewers...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2001

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Summary: Proper nutrition plays a major role when we strive to reach our physical potential, and nutrition makes an important contribution to our well-being and ability to perform. Basal metabolism and physical activity determine the amount of food we should eat. This video shows how to eat right while in training, before competitions, and during the event. It reveals which of us should use carbohydrate...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005

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Summary: This Telly Award-winning video dispels ten common myths about eating and sports training, setting the record straight on calories, carbs, protein, hydration, and how to eat for maximum muscle-building and performance. Using a Q&A-style format, Eat to Win eliminates confusion about dieting, under-eating, body image, energy bars and drinks, carbo-loading, caffeine, fruit juices, and how the human...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010

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Summary: Greater physical stamina, better concentration at school or work, a more efficient metabolism-the evidence is overwhelming that a healthy breakfast is the key to a productive day. Yet it's the meal most likely to be skipped by children, teenagers, and adults alike. This video brings home the importance of the day's first meal by exploring the numerous mental and physical benefits of a...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005

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Summary: Depriving the human body of proper nutrition is like taking away a car's gasoline-as well as its steel, aluminum, rubber, and upholstery. This program explores the function and importance of nutrients, explaining why we need a balanced food intake and illustrating the health problems that result when we don't eat properly. Viewers learn about a wide variety of necessary vitamins and minerals...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010

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Summary: There's a good reason that canned and bottled beverages are called liquid candy and that term is not reserved for soda pop alone. Vitamin-enhanced waters, teas, and juices are loaded with empty calories from sugar, adding inches to Americans' waistlines and possibly contributing to rising rates of chronic disease. In this program registered dietician Susan Moores presents five segments that...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011

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Summary: This Telly Award-winning overview of the USDA's MyPyramid system is designed to help teens learn to balance healthy eating with physical activity for a lifetime of good wellness habits. It explains how to eat for energy, control calories, and add physical activity to daily routines-and a segment on the MyPyramid.gov Web site presents personal eating plans tailored to age, gender, size, and...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010

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Summary: Trendy low-carb diets: healthy or hype? Use this video to give your students a detailed overview of simple and complex carbohydrates and how they work in the body. Also, the video questions the effectiveness and safety of low-carb diets as a weight-loss regimen. A balanced look at a complicated and controversial subject. Correlates to all applicable National and State Educational Standards...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010

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Summary: In response to the widely seen documentary Super Size Me, this video follows two college students as they eat only fast food for a month-losing weight and lowering their cholesterol levels in the process. The trick? Aaron and Ellen stay within portion sizes appropriate for their body types. The experiment was organized and documented by Dr. James Painter of Eastern Illinois University's School...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010

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Summary: It was a bad day for the Nutrient Team! In this humorous parody of investigative reporting, a group of inquisitive teenagers must find vital foods stolen from their science exhibit-fast. In the process, they uncover important facts about protein, vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, fats, and water. Plus, expose-style "nutrient makeovers" show just how important these substances are to good...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010

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Summary: Fast food is a delicious-but-fattening fact of teenage existence. This video returns to Eastern Illinois University as Ellen and Aaron further explore the concepts and strategies introduced in Portion Size Me. The game plan? After calculating caloric needs based on height, weight, age, gender, and activity level, they order smarter, skip the "little extras," and eat smaller portions. The true...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010

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Summary: Bold claims about the curative powers of "superfoods" and other trendy products represent a daunting challenge for today's consumer. How reliable are these assertions? What happens when a no-nonsense medical doctor applies rigorous scientific testing to the health hype on product labels? This program takes viewers on an eye-opening journey led by Dr. Lesley Regan, a veteran physician and...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009

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