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Making healthy choices Tech reaches out to alternative high school students
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KATELYN WAARA News Editor What you put into your body affects everything you do. In order to learn more about some of the choices they make, students from the Horizons Alternative High School in Mohawk came to Michigan Tech last Wednesday to learn more about making healthy choices. Mary Ann Klooster, advisor and instructor in the Department of Kinesiology and Integrated Physiology, along with her students enrolled in the Health Promotions and Wellness class at Michigan Tech, were eager to engage the Horizon’s students at the annual Health and Wellness Fair. Put on by her class in order to teach about healthy choices, Klooster said the purpose of the Fair was not only to inform the Horizons students, but to also give her students’ communication and teaching skills some practice. In preparation for the Fair, Klooster’s students chose a research area and created display boards. From the time the bus pulled up at 1 p.m., they gave presentations and asked questions to their observers. Five tables were set up in the SDC outside of University Images, each with a different health-related topic, including tobacco cessation, fitness/exercise, nutrition/ healthy eating, stress reduction and healthy relationships/ sexual health. Michigan Tech students Natalie Berryman, Abbie Laajala and Tayler Quarless were positioned at the fitness/ exercise table. The Horizons students were encouraged to compete against the girls in a variety of fitness tests including
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sneaky ways to fit exercise into a busy college students’ schedule
1. Do crunches or push-ups during the commercial breaks of your favorite show. 2. Instead of using the elevator, take the stairs to class. 3. Leave your apartment earlier and walk to campus, no matter what the weather is like (the cold will wake you up). 4. While waiting in line for your food, perhaps partake in some jumping jacks. (Or, not as extreme, try calf raises.) 5. No exercise equipment at home? Use your engineering textbooks as weights and pump some knowledge! push-ups and sit-ups. Berryman, Laajala and Quarless agreed that providing information and tips about exercise is important, especially with current obesity rates in America. Whether you are a high school or college student, the commitment to exercise is sometimes hard to fit into a busy schedule. Many people think they need to go to a gym or have equipment to exercise, which is not true. The fitness/ exercise group wanted to show how easy getting a minimum amount of exercise is. Did you know that one halfcup serving of Fruit Loops cereal has the same calorie amount as seven Chips Ahoy cookies? At
the nutrition/healthy eating station, students showed that healthy things (like spinach, orange juice, blueberries and strawberries blended together) can be delicious. The students created a display board with an enlarged nutrition facts sheet in order to give the Horizon’s students a sense of what they are putting into their bodies? With interactive presentations, free samples of healthy trail mix and smoothies and tips in other areas, the Horizons students left Michigan Tech feeling more aware of the effects of some of the choices they make and some of the ways they can makes themselves healthier.