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Describe the federal dietary guidelines and the amount of physical activity recommended for one’s age in order to achieve health benefits.

Describe strategies for dealing with personal preferences, restrictions, and barriers related to healthy eating, adequate sleep, and physical activity.

Analyze data that supports that most young people in middle school do not use tobacco, alcohol, or other drugs.

Analyze how impaired judgment and other effects of alcohol or marijuana use impact personal safety, relationships with friends and families, school success, and attainment of present and future goals.

Demonstrate the ability to locate school and community resources to assist with problems related to alcohol and other drug use; and assess the validity of the resources.

Recognize behaviors that may indicate alcohol or drug impairment in order to avoid riding with an impaired driver.

Describe the negative health effects of caffeine, tobacco, and diet pills on rest, stress, athletic performance, and weight management.

Demonstrate the ability to support friends and family members who are trying to stop using alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.

Demonstrate the ability to ask a trusted adult for help when feeling personally threatened or unsafe, including while using the Internet.

Analyze environments and situations, including those where weapons may be present, to determine whether they are safe.

Identify criteria to determine whether another person is able to help one make healthy decisions and solve problems; and apply these criteria to identify people who can provide help.

Demonstrate skills throughout the day to reduce the spread of germs.

Describe the changes in friendships that one might experience as a result of puberty, and evaluate what it means to be a boyfriend or girlfriend.

Identify changes in physical maturation during puberty as it relates to the physical capacity for human reproduction.

Analyze reasons for young people to remain abstinent, concluding that abstinence is the only 100% effective method of protection from HIV, other serious communicable disease, and pregnancy.

Locate adult resources (e.g., parent, teacher, medical professional, counselor, other adult) who can provide accurate information about friendships, dating, puberty, and human reproduction.

Evaluate a variety of external influences (e.g., media, parents, culture, peers, and society) and internal influences (e.g., values, curiosity, interests, desires, and fears) and their potential to impact relationships and behavior.