This weight status measurement is calculated by dividing a person's weight in kilograms by their height in square meters; for children it is age and gender specific and often referred to as ___ for age.
What is Body Mass Index - BMI?
100
Eating foods high in calories and low in fiber and nutrients.
What is a major avoidable cause of being overweight or obese?
100
Walking, playing soccer, football, tennis, baseball or any sport, swimming, biking, hiking, playing catch, tag, hide and seek, dancing, anything that gets your body moving.
What is physical activity, or exercise?
100
Being overweight contributes to a person not feeling good about themselves. They tend to tire more easily, and self report not having a high quality of life.
What is low self esteem?
100
Being overweight or obese contributes to muscle fatigue and joint strain.
What is pain?
200
BMI for age-weight status less than the 5th percentile.
What is underweight?
200
Soda, and other high calorie drinks including specialty coffee drinks, malts, smoothies, mocha latte, etc...
What is a major avoidable contributor of increased calories and of being overweight or obese in the United States?
200
Make healthy food choices, get plenty of sleep every night and have fun doing activities that get your body ACTIVE.
What are the three most important things I can do to be healthy?
200
Being overweight or obese contributes to breathing problems from being short of breathe with activity to asthma and sleep apnea.
What is respiratory disorders?
200
Being overweight or obese contributes to others judging or not treating a person the same as they would an average size person.
What is bullying?
300
BMI for age-weight status 5th percentile to less than 85th percentile.
What is normal or healthy weight?
300
Something that can affect weight other than diet; often prescribed by a doctor
What is medication?
300
Eating too much of this not only can increase weight but can make people actually have less energy after the initial rush and cause cavities.
What is candy?
300
Being overweight or obese contributes to glycemic control or development of diabetes.
Diabetes contributes to several other health risks including cardiovascular disease and stroke.
What is diabetes?
300
Being overweight or obese contributes to worry, maybe about how others will accept them or how they feel physically
What is anxiety or depression?
400
BMI for age-weight status 85th percentile to less than 95th percentile
What is overweight?
400
Television, video games, tablets, computers, cell phones; these digital devices that clamor for attention and may contribute to a lack of physical activity. Time with them should be limited to two hours maximum a day.
What is a screen device?
400
You have power over your own health and wellness by the choices you make each day, sometimes each meal, each activity or lack there of. It is up to you!
What is me, empowered?
400
Being overweight or obese contributes to a build up of a fat like substance in your arteries and blood.
(Previously seen in adults but now often seen in school age children this condition increases chances for other health risks including cardiovascular disease and stroke.)
What is high cholesterol or hyperlipidemia
400
Having energy that lasts all day, feeling good about myself, being lean and fit, playing my favorites, like baseball, and soccer several times a week with my friends, enjoying a variety of fruits, vegetables, lean meats,and whole grains, getting a good nights sleep so I can do it all again
What are the consequences of living a healthy lifestyle?
500
BMI for age-weight status 95th percentile or greater.
What is obese?
500
Even at rest, or not rest; your choices effect your affect or affect your effect and your waistline.
What is a sleep routine?
500
Foods that are fried, overly refined, processed, artificially sweetened, labeled diet, or have high fructose corn syrup,
What are the food choices to especially avoid?
500
Being overweight or obese contributes to an increase in pressure in the system of fluid that carries oxygen through your body.
(Previously seen in adults but now often seen in school age children this condition increases chances for other health risks including cardiovascular disease and stroke.)
What is high blood pressure or hypertension
500
Weight management and decreased health risks, increased self esteem, increased fun, stronger bones, decreased stress and anxiety.
What are the benefits of balancing calories and activity?