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    Body Challenges and Opportunities
    Body Challenges and Opportunities
    Body Challenges and Opportunities
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    Body Challenges and Opportunities

    By Philemon Chigeza

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    The book is ideal for middle school students and is presented as a discussion on the increase in the number of overweight children in many countries, how this causes many health and social problems and is likely to increase public health spending in the future

    The book highlights how a healthy person has all their body systems working well and can carry their everyday physical and mental activities without feeling fatigued or sick

    The book explores how our bodies can be divided into a number of systems that work together. These are the digestive system which helps to break down food. The respiratory system which helps to breath, deliver oxygen to the body and take away carbon dioxide. The circulatory system helps to transport materials throughout the whole body. The skeletal system holds the body up, helps the body to move and protects important parts such as the brain, the heart and lungs. The muscular system helps the body to move. And the nervous system helps all parts of the body to communicate.

    Cells obtain energy from food. Energy in food comes out of three sources in food: carbohydrates, fat and protein. These can be changed into glucose when the body needs it. The cells break down the glucose to get the energy they use, water and carbon dioxide are released in the process.

    Finally the book explores how middle school students can prevent being overweight. How they can identify and reverse the conditions for those already overweight.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris AU
    Release dateMar 21, 2012
    ISBN9781469179766
    Body Challenges and Opportunities
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    Philemon Chigeza

    Dr Philemon Chigeza has taught science and mathematics in the middle school for many years. He is interested in capacity building teaching and learning strategies that affirm students’ lived languages, experiences and knowledge in their learning.

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      Body Challenges and Opportunities - Philemon Chigeza

      Copyright © 2012 by Philemon Chigeza. 501571-CHIG

      ISBN: E-book 978-1-4691-7976-6

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system,

      without permission

      in writing from the copyright owner.

      To order additional copies of this book, contact:

      Xlibris Corporation

      1-800-618-969

      www.xlibris.com.au

      Orders@Xlibris.com.au

      CONTENTS

      Chapter 1

      Chapter 2

      Chapter 3

      Chapter 4

      Chapter 5

      Glossary

      Chapter 1

      Our Body Challenges

      Thinking about our body challenges and opportunities intrigues me, confesses Ron to his colleagues. Four middle school students Ron, Tim, Liz and Pen are discussing their project on understanding the challenges presented to their young bodies and how they can turn some of the challenges into opportunities.

      One of the main issues a lot of people are talking about these days and we discussed in class is the increase in the number of overweight children in many countries, how this causes many health and social problems and is likely to increase public health spending in the future, responds Tim. He looks at Liz and quickly adds, I am not talking about myself. I am not really overweight like some students in our school.

      That is a very interesting observation Tim, murmurs Liz. I think it would be helpful if we all understand what we mean by the term overweight.

      Pen peruses her notebook and responds, Some people use the word obese rather than overweight. She hesitates and then continues, "To keep

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