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The activities for this badge are geared more toward family involvement than den activities. However, the topics are important enough that the leader could intersperse these activities with other parts of the scout program by having guests come and talk to the scouts throughout the year. Parent involvement, especially professionals, could play an important role. The scouts could make posters on dental care and have them displayed in a dentist's office or make posters against drug or alcohol abuse for display in a school, church, or mall.
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Also, see the Athlete section for homemade exercise equipment. A brave leader might even have a food tasting meeting. Each scout is to prepare a "healthy" snack or food item and bring it to the meeting. The scout can describe his food and talk about calories, cholesterol, vitamins, minerals, etc. When all are done, everyone gets to sample the food.