Nutrition and Healthy Eating

Grade 6

Three Nutritional Guidelines to follow

• The Dietary Guidelines for Americans

• My Pyramid: Food Guide Pyramid

• Nutrition Facts Panels

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Dietary Guidelines for Americans

AIM for Fitness

BUILD a Healthy Base

Choose Sensibly

Aim for a Healthy Weight

Let the Pyramid Guide Your Choices

Choose Foods that are Low in saturated fat and cholesterol

Be Physically Active Each Day

Choose a Variety of Grains Daily (Especially whole grains)

Choose beverages and foods to moderate your intake of sugars

Choose a Variety of Fruits and Vegetables each day

Choose and prepare foods with less salt

Keep Food Safe to Eat

Let’s examine My Pyramid. Gov

This is a website that tells you everything you always wanted to know (but might be afraid to ask) about the new MyPyramid

So what are the food groups?

• Grains• Vegetables• Fruits• Dairy• Meats, poultry, fish,

beans• Fats, oils, sweets

How can the food groups guide our eating?

It’s on the label

Coca Cola, 32 oz.Medium Apple

Food Labels

CARBOHYDRATE INFORMATON Dietary Fiber 2.g Complex carbohydrate 18 g

1.3 ounces (3/4 cup) 11150

26 g 2g

210 mg 100 mg

Serving size Servings per package Calories Protein Carbohydrate Fat Cholesterol Sodium Potassium

READING A FOOD LABEL

lJTRITIONAL INiFORMATION PER SERVING

INGREDIENTS: Wheat Bran, Corn Meal, Sugar, Whole Grain Barley, Whole Grain Rolled Oats, Rice, Brown Sugar, Almonds, Raisins, Walnuts, Salt. Dried Apples, Artifi cial and Natural Flavors

PERCENTAGE of U.S. RECOMMENDED DAILY ALLOWANCE (U.S.RDA) Protein 4% Vitamin A 25% Vitamin C 25% Thiamin 25% Riboflavin 25% Niacin 25% Calcium 20% Iron 25% Vitamin D 10% Vitamin B6 25% Foli c Acid 25% Phosphorus 15% Magnesium 6% Zinc 4% Copper 6%

Who has a label

* with only ONE serving?

* with 20 or more g. of Vitamin C?

* with 4 or more g. of fiber?

* with 10 g. of protein?

* with less than 3 g. of fat?

* with whole grain in the ingredients?

* with 100 calories or less per serving?

Let’s read some food labels for practice

Activity Pyramid• Sixty Minutes a Day is the amount of active exercise needed by teens• There is an Activity Pyramid to guide us in this quest for activity

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NOW, Complete YOUR PERSONAL Activity Pyramid

Other food pyramids

• Vegetarian Food Pyramid

• Asian Food Pyramid• Vegan Food

Pyramid• Mediterranean Food

Pyramid• Latin American Diet

Pyramid

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Look at some others

• Use the computers to research and answer some questions about these

• Asian Pyramid• Vegetarian Pyramid• Vegan Pyramid• Latin American Diet Pyr

amid• Mediterranean Pyramid

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What are the Dietary Guide-lines?

THE DIETARY GUIDELINE

Eat a variety of foods

Maintain a desirable weight Avoid too much fat, saturated fats, and cholesterol

Eat foods with adequate starch and fiber

Avoid too much sugar Avoid too much sodium.

Avoid alcoholic beverages