You Are What You Eat (and other ChemWeb features)
You are What You Eat is an illustrated Web page about sugars and lipids geared toward junior high and high school students.
The body stores excess fat in fat cells, or lipocytes, which expand in size until the fat is used for fuel.
Other health related Web sites from Chem Web include
- Nature’s Products which gives an overview of molecules produced by living things which are used to make medicines.
- Chemistry for a Healthier World briefly touching on chemical reaction topics
- Chemistry Meets Medicine features 3 short drug topics
- Games and Puzzles
- Actions and Reactions
This educational Web site by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences also includes teacher resources.
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