BMI Lesson
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Subject Area: Health Education | Grade Level: 9
Lesson Length: 30 minutes
Keywords/Tags: Body Mass Index (BMI)
Lesson Description: This is a lesson for students to calculate their Body Mass Index as well as others and identify if those are in the healthy or non-healthy BMI range.

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Video : Calculating BMI
Instructions: Please watch the following video as many times as needed before starting to go through other lesson pages. Understanding the content of the video is very important since the lesson activities will be all about this video content.
Description: This video is how to manually calculate a BMI for an individual and if they are in the category of underweight, healthy weight, overweight, or obese
Reading : Aim for a healthy weight
Instructions: Please read the following article as many times as needed (aloud and silent) before starting to go through the rest of the lesson pages. Understanding the content of this passage is very important since the following lesson activities will be all about this content. Feel free to print the article if needed.

https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educational/lose_wt/risk.htm

Description: What is BMI
Resources : BMI Calculator
Instructions: Please see additional external resources below. Feel free visit each link to learn more about this lesson.rnhttps://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educational/lose_wt/BMI/bmicalc.htm
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Description: This is a BMI calculator. Use this only to check your work because on your end of course assessment you will be required to calculate the BMI and show your work. This is just to check your calculations.
Assignment : BMI Worksheet

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1G_1dh6uZNUGiDwTNoixI2ZMgOjhnv7wC/edit

Quiz : BMI
Instructions: Please complete this quiz by choosing the correct answer for each question. You can only take this quiz once.
Question #1

Calculate the BMI for a person who is 6 feel 200 pounds and select the correct answer below. 

Question #2

What is a BMI of < 18.5 considered?

Question #3

What is a BMI of between 18.5 and 24.9 considered?

Question #4

What is a BMI between 25.0 and 29.9 considered?

Question #5

What is a BMI of 30+ considered?

Question #6

Although BMI can be used for most men and women, it does have some limits: (Choose the correct answer)

Question #7
With a higher BMI it might indicate that you are at greater risk for certain diseases. Please give 2 of those diseases and explain why the higher BMI might indicate that you are at greater risk of having these diseases.
Question #8
Calculate the BMI for an athletic male who is 6 feet 3 inches tall and weighs 250 pounds. Tell me his BMI and what category he is currently in being underweight, healthy weight, overweight, or obese. And tell me why that might not be the case based on his body type and physical activity. Cite any limitations that the BMI calculator might have with certain individuals. 
Description: This quiz is for designed to calculate the BMI for a few individuals. You will also be asked if a certain BMI is in either the underweight, healthy weight, overweight, or obese category.