What’s the Story with the American Obesity Epidemic By the Physiologists

What’s the Story: By the Physiologists 2 Physiologists In the real world, physiologists study _________. In this activity, as physiologists, we are interested in ____________. Complete this slide on the second day, during Lesson 2. [delete this box once you have filled out the info]

What’s the Story: By the Physiologists 3 Evidence According to _[quote your source here]__ America’s obesity epidemic is ___[summarize your group’s feelings about the problem here]___. If we don’t do something about the problem, we will __[make a prediction here about what will happen]__. Complete this slide on the second day, during Lesson 2. [delete this box once you have filled out the info]

What’s the Story: By the Physiologists 4 Possible Causes We have investigated several resources. We believe the epidemic may be caused by: – [list your group’s conclusions here] – Complete this slide on the second day, during Lesson 2. [delete this box once you have filled out the info]

What’s the Story: By the Physiologists 5 Our Survey To study the activity of students in our class, we have selected the __[write the name of your survey here]__ survey. In this survey, we __[here, describe what the study will look at or measure]___ Complete this slide on the third day, during Lesson 3. [delete this box once you have filled out the info]

What’s the Story: By the Physiologists 6 Our Hypotheses _____[predict how your classmates will answer the surveys here]_____ For example: –Our lifestyles have changed over time. –Students tend to be less active during lunch. –Students don’t walk to school anymore. Complete this slide on the third day, during Lesson 3. [delete this box once you have filled out the info]

What’s the Story: By the Physiologists 7 Survey 1 – Social Support System from Family and Friends (delete this slide if you selected another survey) Do the rest of these slides during Lesson 4. Your group has only conducted one survey… If you did not do “Survey 1”, delete this slide. [delete this box once you have filled out the info] Do the rest of these slides during Lesson 4. Your group has only conducted one survey… If you did not do “Survey 1”, delete this slide. [delete this box once you have filled out the info]

What’s the Story: By the Physiologists 8 Survey 2 - Student Activity During Lunch or Recess (delete this slide if you selected another survey) Do the rest of these slides during Lesson 4. Your group has only conducted one survey… If you did not do “Survey 2”, delete this slide. [delete this box once you have filled out the info] Do the rest of these slides during Lesson 4. Your group has only conducted one survey… If you did not do “Survey 2”, delete this slide. [delete this box once you have filled out the info]

What’s the Story: By the Physiologists 9 Survey 3 – Getting to School (delete this slide if you selected another survey) Do the rest of these slides during Lesson 4. Your group has only conducted one survey… If you did not do “Survey 3”, delete this slide. [delete this box once you have filled out the info] Do the rest of these slides during Lesson 4. Your group has only conducted one survey… If you did not do “Survey 3”, delete this slide. [delete this box once you have filled out the info]

What’s the Story: By the Physiologists 10 Important Comments Share important notes or comments that were made on the surveys here. Do this slide during Lesson 4. [delete this box once you have filled out the info] Do this slide during Lesson 4. [delete this box once you have filled out the info]

What’s the Story: By the Physiologists 11 Role of our Environment on our Behavior [based on your research and survey, list 4-5 things you feel are causes of moving less.] Do this slide during Lesson 4. [delete this box once you have filled out the info] Do this slide during Lesson 4. [delete this box once you have filled out the info]

What’s the Story: By the Physiologists 12 Recommendations [How does your group recommend we change the environment to encourage more activity. Give 4-5 specific examples.] For example: –Present our findings to the City Council to request more activities for youth –Make the school environment more healthy by encouraging walking during recess. –Form walking groups for getting home from school. Do this slide during Lesson 4. [delete this box once you have filled out the info] Do this slide during Lesson 4. [delete this box once you have filled out the info]

What’s the Story: By the Physiologists 13 Future Research–to learn more, we could [Propose studies or research that would help your group learn more.] Do this slide during Lesson 4. [delete this box once you have filled out the info] Do this slide during Lesson 4. [delete this box once you have filled out the info]