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Research Project
Injuries and safety aren’t specif ic just to core workouts. Look
into the types of injuries that can happen while playing sports
or while doing other sorts of workouts. Come up with a list of
at least four common injuries, how they occur, how to treat
them, and what can be done to prevent them in the f irst place.
A healthy diet generally includes lots of fruits and vegetables and
whole grains like whole-wheat bread, oats, and brown rice. Lean meat
and other protein sources like beans, nuts, and eggs are also important.
Dairy, including milk and yogurt, rounds out a healthy diet as well. All
together, all these healthy foods give the body the fuel it needs, along
with the vitamins and minerals that keep it working right.
Healthy diets don’t include tons of junk food like chips, candy, cook-
ies, crackers, and soda. Junk foods pack in unhealthy things that aren’t
great for your body. They have too much sugar, salt, and fat. People do
need small amounts of these substances, but eating too many leads to
health problems like weight gain, heart disease, and diabetes.
When you exercise, you may need to eat more than you usually
do. Exercising burns more calories than your body normally burns do-
ing everyday things. Calories are a way to measure the amount of
energy a food has, and the amount of energy your body burns. People
need around 2,000 calories from food a day because the body burns
about that much by walking, breathing, pumping blood, digesting, and
performing other functions. A person who eats more calories than his
body needs per day will gain weight. On the other hand, a person who
eats fewer calories than his body needs will lose weight. That’s what