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Health Education Lesson Plans

PLT4M

For example, nutrition education shouldn’t give a one-size-fits-all prescriptive solution on eating and healthy habits. Students navigate nutrition based on a wide variety of factors including family, culture, socioeconomics and more. This is a sample from chapter 1 of PLT4M’s nutrition lesson plans unit.

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Lift Your Mood: The Role of Physical Activity in Mental Health

Designs for Health

Physical activity may also mitigate signs of depression and anxiety and support psychological well-being through multiple physiological pathways. The International Society of Sports Nutrition recommends resistance exercise and adequate protein consumption in the range of 2.3

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Top Tips for Stimulating the Vagus Nerve and Supporting the Gut-Brain Axis

Designs for Health

Meditation and Mindfulness Mindfulness and meditation have been widely studied for their impact on stress reduction and nervous system regulation. longum 1714 administered for four weeks at a dose of 10 9 CFUs per day attenuated responses to psychological and physiological stress. acidophilus, and B.