Nutrition Mission
These are the three "macronutrients" that provide the body with energy.
What are Carbohydrates, Proteins, and Fats?
This type of exercise, like running or swimming, improves the strength of your heart and lungs.
What is Aerobic Exercise (or Cardio)?
This is the body’s physical and emotional reaction to a challenge or demand.
What is Stress?
Experts recommend washing your hands for at least this many seconds to remove germs.
What is 20 seconds?
This clear liquid is the best choice for hydration and makes up about 60% of the human body.
What is Water?
This mineral, found in dairy products, is essential for building strong bones and teeth.
What is Calcium?
To avoid injury, you should always do this before starting a vigorous workout.
What is Warm-up (or Stretching)?
This term refers to how much you value, respect, and feel confident about yourself.
What is Self-Esteem?
This is the most common way to prevent the spread of communicable diseases like the flu.
What is Hand Washing?
This is the recommended number of minutes of physical activity middle schoolers should get every day.
What is 60 minutes?
This measurement on food labels tells you how much energy you get from a serving of food.
What are Calories?
This term refers to the range of motion in your joints.
What is Flexibility?
This is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another person.
What is Empathy?
This invisible gas, often called the "silent killer," can leak from faulty heaters or stoves.
What is Carbon Monoxide?
This habit, often done while looking at phones or TVs, involves eating without paying attention to hunger cues.
What is Mindless Eating?
This "complex carbohydrate" helps with digestion and is found in whole grains and vegetables.
What is Fiber?
The number of times your heart beats per minute while you are at rest is called this.
What is Resting Heart Rate?
This type of bullying happens over digital devices like cell phones or computers.
What is Cyberbullying?
This is the "R" in the R.I.C.E. method for treating a sprain or strain.
What is Rest? (Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation)
This term refers to the blue light emitted from screens that can make it harder for your brain to fall asleep.
What is Digital Eye Strain (or Blue Light)?
These are the two types of vitamins; one type dissolves in water, the other stays in your fat cells.
What are Water-Soluble and Fat-Soluble?
This "law" of fitness stands for Frequency, Intensity, Time, and Type.
What is the F.I.T.T. Principle?
These are healthy ways to manage stress, such as exercise, journaling, or deep breathing.
What are Coping Skills (or Coping Mechanisms)?
These are the small, hair-like structures in your nose and lungs that help filter out dust and germs
What are Cilia?
This is the practice of maintaining a clean body and environment to stay healthy and prevent social odors.
What is Personal Hygiene?