This document discusses creative problem solving approaches to addressing the issue of student obesity. It identifies challenges like sedentary lifestyles, poor eating habits, and a lack of understanding of dietary needs. It then presents an ideational thinking tool called "forced connections" that encourages looking at objects and brainstorming how they could relate to obesity, without judgment, seeking novelty and a high quantity of ideas. The goal is to generate new problem and solution perspectives on student obesity.

1. Creative Problem SolvingJohn Carr Jeremy McDonaldCheryl Shaffer Christina Steinbacher-Reed

2. The Concern of Obesity http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMJ6b38xbXghttp://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=RLZYuIKklwQ&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=QNxZL1y0X54&feature=related

3. Challenge Student obesity has many harmful, impacting effects on students, creating health-related problems. A sedentary lifestyle with little physical exercise

4. Poor eating habits

5. Lack of understanding dietary needsPuccio – Tools for Ideational Thinking Chapter 8

7. Forced ConnectionsView the objects. What do these pictures make you think about? What ideas are prompted by viewing the object? Begin with a stem question, such as: How might this item be related to obesity?Force a connection using divergent thinking tools that help you make a connection (Puccio - Page 62)Defer Judgment Go for quantity Make connections Seek novelty

8. What kinds of problems and solutions do these pictures make you think about regarding obesity?

9. What kinds of problems and solutions does this picture make you think about regarding obesity?

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11. What kinds of problems and solutions do these pictures make you think about regarding obesity?