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<div class="inc"><span class="inchead">Curious about nutrition?</span>

These questions may guide your search:

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<li>What kinds of substances does a teenager need to be healthy and grow?</li>

<li>What kinds of food provide those substances?</li>

<li>What kinds of substances might hurt a teenager?</li>

<li>How might a food be bad for you?</li>

<li>Are all foods in the grocery store good for you? Or -- are any foods in the grocery store bad for you?</li>

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Here are some links that might help you get started on your investigation of nutrition.<br>

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<li><a href="http://www.kidsclick.org" target="_blank">Search for "nutrition" and see what turns up.</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/" target="_blank">How doe the dictionary define nutrition?</a></li>

<li>Survey different adults to hear what they think. Some ideas of people to interview: The cafeteria manager (she or he prepares meals for you!; your teacher; a parent; a professional nutritionist; the store manager who sold you your snack.</li>

<li><a href="http://www.mypyramid.gov/kids/index.html" target="_blank">The U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Pyramid site</a>. Try some of the activities on this site, and keep a journal of what you do. Report on the activities on your wiki. List three things that you learned. You might also try <a href="http://teamnutrition.usda.gov/resources/mpk_worksheet.pdf">this worksheet</a>.</li>

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