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Obesity Epidemic

A one page activity that takes students to several websites related to the obesity epidemic. First they can calculate BMI, then learn about national trends in the rate of obesity and finally use a tutorial on insulin and diabetes.

Keywords:: Life Science, Health, Diet, Obesity Epidemic, NSDL, Education, Diabetes, BMI, Health Sciences, Demonstrations

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Science and Technology / Biology

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Material Type:: Assignment
Date Added to MERLOT:: July 18, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:: March 3, 2021
Author:: Scott Cooper
Submitter:: Barbra Bied Sperling

Primary Audience:: College General Ed, College Lower Division
Technical Format:: Website
Mobile Compatibility:: Not specified at this time
Language:: English
Cost Involved:: No
Source Code Available:: Unknown
Accessibility Information Available:: Unknown
Creative Commons:: This work is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States