You Become What You Eat:
Nutrition and Cancer
This reading is intended as a "lead in" to the section on nutrition and cancer. It provides the students with general information on the connections between nutrition and cancer. If you use the reading as a class activity, you might consider either of the following activities to accompany it:
- Divide the class into teams and assign each team one of the guidelines at the end of the
reading. Each team might be required to prepare a Power Point presentation on its assigned
guideline.
- Have students research the American Heart Association Guidelines, the American Cancer Society Guidelines, or the USDA Dietary Guidelines in greater detail.
For more information, at other Web sites...
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American
Heart Association Dietary Recommendations — a guide to healthy eating from the American
Heart Association.
AICR Recipes — from the American Institute for Cancer Research.
Dietary Guidelines for Americans (pdf format) — from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The New American Plate — dietary information from the American Institute for Cancer Research.
Relevant National Science Education Standards
Science in Personal and Social
Perspectives — The reading shows the role of nutritional science in facing the health
challenge of cancer prevention.
Relevant New Jersey State Science Education Standards
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Science and Technology — The
reading shows biochemical science applied to the simple technology of preventing cancer through
good nutrition
5.4
The reading shows the application of scientific knowledge of biochemistry to practical questions
of diet and nutrition.
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