Preliminary Links and Descriptions

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/obesity/DS00314

On this website, it is talking about what obesity is and how it is defined. It also talks about what diseases may come about if you are obese. It also talks about BMI, which is a number based upon weight and height to determine your degree of obesity or even if you are obese. Mayo Clinic provided this information and it can be helpful because it tells you what obesity is.

http://kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/food/calorie.html

In this article, you can find out what calories are and what they can do for you. It tells you where you can find how many calories are in what you eat. It also tells you how calories can be good for you but at the same time bad for you. Kids Health provided this information and it can be helpful because it tells you what calories are and how they can be helpful to your diet.

http://www.visionlearning.com/library/module_viewer.php?mid=61

In this article, you can find out what carbohydrates are and also what foods they are found in. It breaks down carbohydrates sugars and starches with equations to show you how they are broken down in your body. Anthony Carpi provided this information on vision learning and this information can be helpful because it gives you a better understanding of what carbohydrates can do for our body.

http://kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/food/fat.html

In this article, it tells you what fat grams are and how you can determine how many fat grams are in what you are eating. This article also tells you how much fat should be in your diet and also what can happen if you consume to many fat grams. Kids Health provided this information and it can be helpful because it tells you what fat grams are and how they can help and hurt your diet.