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How many calories are in your favorite foods? How much exercise would you have to do to burn off these calories? What is the relationship between calories and weight? Explore these issues by choosing diet and exercise and keeping an eye on your weight.

Sample Learning Goals

Design a diet and exercise regimen.
Estimate the number of calories required for basic survival.
Estimate the number of calories burned by exercise.
Explain how heart health depends on diet and exercise.
Explain how Body Mass Index (BMI) depends on weight and height.

Version 1.06

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Teacher Tips

Overview of sim controls, model simplifications, and insights into student thinking ( PDF ).

Teacher-Submitted Activities

Title	Authors	Level	Type
Eating and Exercise Clicker Questions	Trish Loeblein	MS HS UG-Intro	CQs
Eating and Exercise Activity	Wendy Adams	K-5 MS HS UG-Intro	Lab
How do PhET simulations fit in my middle school program?	Sarah Borenstein	MS	Other
Alignment of PhET sims with NGSS	Trish Loeblein	HS	Other
Eating and Exercise Simulation Activity	Samantha Goldstein	K-5	Guided
factors that determine food requirements in human beings	GEORGE SAMSON	HS MS UG-Intro Other	HW Guided Demo Lab
MS and HS TEK to Sim Alignment	Elyse Zimmer	MS HS	Other
Healthy Eating and Proper Exercise	Angel Bontilao & Cherelyn Cales	HS MS	Guided Other
Eating and Exercise PhET: Body Systems grade 4-5	Molly Martin	K-5	Lab
Eating and Exercise digital lesson	Stephanie Bonilla	K-5	Lab
Health and Exercise	Stephanie	K-5	Lab CQs
Guided Discovery: BMI, BMR, Calories in/out	Steve Vendome	MS HS	Lab Other
alimentazione	Daniela Leone	MS	Lab Guided
Aliando alimentação, exercício e escrita: um desafio em simulação	Ana Paula de Deus Mesck, Jaqueline Lidorio Mattia	MS	Lab
Exploracion del simulador	bryan castaño	HS UG-Intro	Guided Demo HW Discuss
Comida y Ejercicio, Lección Digital	Elvis Rivera	K-5	MC Lab

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Translations

Language
Afrikaans	All Afrikaans	Eet en Oefening
Arabic	All العربية	التغذية والتمرين
Basque	All Basque	Elikadura & Ariketa fisikoa
Chinese (Simplified)	All 中文 (中国)	饮食与运动
Chinese (Traditional)	All 中文 (台灣)	飲食與運動
Czech	All čeština	Stravování a cvičení
Danish	All Dansk	Kost og motion
Dutch	All Nederlands	Eten en bewegen
Estonian	All Eesti	Söömine ja liikumine (kehamassiindeks KMI)
French	All français	Alimentation et Exercice
Georgian	All Georgian	Eating & Exercise
German	All Deutsch	Ernährung und Bewegung
Greek	All Ελληνικά	Διατροφή & Άσκηση
Hebrew	All עברית	מזון ופעילות גופנית
Hungarian	All magyar	Táplálkozás és testmozgás
Italian	All italiano	Alimentazione ed esercizio
Japanese	All 日本語	運動と食事
Khmer	All Khmer	ការទទួលទាន និងការហាត់ប្រាណ
Korean	All 한국어	식사와 운동
Macedonian	All македонски	ИСХРАНА И ВЕЖБАЊЕ
Maori	All Maori	Te kai me te whakapakari
Marathi	All मराठी	खाणे आणि व्यायाम
Persian	All فارسی	انرژی و شما
Polish	All polski	Jedz i Ćwicz
Portuguese (Brazil)	All português (Brasil)	Comer & Exercitar-se
Serbian	All Српски	ИСХРАНА & ВЕЖБАЊЕ
Slovak	All Slovenčina	Jedlo & Cvičenie
Spanish	All español	Comida y Ejercicio
Spanish (Peru)	All español (Perú)	Alimentación & Ejercicio
Thai	All ไทย	การรับประทานอาหารและการออกกำลังกาย
Turkish	All Türkçe	Yemek ve Eksersiz
Turkmen	All Turkmen	Iýmek we maşk etmek
Vietnamese	All Tiếng Việt	Ẩm thực và Thể dục