Banking on Calcium

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Banking onCalcium

• Module designed by
• Grete Peterson, Program Assistant Julie
  Garden-Robinson, Ph.D., LRD,
• Food and Nutrition Specialist

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Hi! Im going to lead you through a lesson about
calcium, a very important mineral in your body.

• Click to go back and to
• move forward in the module.

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Before you begin, we would like to see what you
already know.

• Click HERE to take a quick survey.
• When you are finished with the survey, close the
  window to return to the module.

Lets start moooooooving!
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Whats the big deal with calcium?

• Well, your body has more calcium than any other
  mineral!
• Minerals are needed from the foods
• that you eat to do many things
• in your body.

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Pretend that flour is the calcium in your body.
This is how much is in your body
6- to 7-year-olds 2 cups
10-year-olds 3 ½ cups
Newborns ¼ cup
15-year-olds 7 cups
Adults 11 cups
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What does calcium do in your body?

• Helps you see in the dark
• Helps build strong bones and teeth
• Helps fight diseases
• Helps you hear better

(Click your mouse to find the answer)
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What does calcium do in your body?

• Helps you see in the dark
• Helps build strong bones and teeth
• Helps fight diseases
• Helps you hear better

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You probably guessed it!

• Calcium is really important for building
• strong bones and teeth. Calcium
• provides the strength to keep
• them together.
• 99 of your bodys calcium is
• stored in your bones and teeth.

• What about
• the last 1?

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Calcium is all over!

• The other 1 is found throughout your bodys
  blood, muscles and the fluid between cells.

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Just how much calcium do you need every day?

• Kids aged 9 to18 need 1,300
• milligrams of calcium every day!
• That is more than adults.

Wheeeeeeeew!
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How much is 1,300 mg of calcium?
Get your 3-A-Day!
900 mg
(300 mg in 8 oz. of milk)
280 mg

1 ½ oz. cheese with crackers
120 mg
Fruit yogurt ½ cup
1,300 mg
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Why do kids need more calcium than adults?

• Click HERE to find out!

Your bones are growing!
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What foods contain some calcium? (Click to see
the answer)

• Dairy products
• Leafy green vegetables
• Calcium-fortified foods and beverages
• All of the above

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All of these foods contain some calcium! Some
foods have much more than others.
What foods contain some calcium?

• Dairy products
• Leafy green vegetables
• Calcium-fortified foods and beverages
• All of the above

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Dairy products contain the most calcium!
Mozzarella cheese

• Milk

Cheddar cheese
Yogurt
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Leafy green vegetables also contain some calcium.

• Click on the different boxes to see a picture of
  each food.

Turnip greens
Chinese cabbage
Kale
Spinach
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1 cup of milk has the same amount of calcium as 5
cups of cooked broccoli.
Wow, thats a lot of broccoli!!!

300 mg
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Although other foods contain calcium, DAIRY is
the best source!

• Remember to have 3-A-Day!

And, eat your veggies, too!
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Do you know someone with lactose intolerance?

• It means the body cant break down a
• sugar called lactose, which is found
• in many milk and dairy products.

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Lactose-intolerant people still can have some
dairy.
Good News!
Try these helpful hints

• Drink milk with food.
• Try aged cheeses, such as cheddar and Swiss, that
  are low in lactose.
• Enjoy lactose-free milk and milk products.

Know your other calcium sources, too!
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Does anyone like sardines?

• Its OK if you do!
• 3 oz. of sardines with bones contain around
• ¼ of the calcium you need to eat each day.

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How do you know how much calcium is in foods and
beverages?

• A good way to find out is to look
• at the nutrition label!

Take a look at the nutrition labels on the next
few slides and pick the beverage it is made for.

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Which nutritionlabel is for regular orange
juice?
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Nice work finding the orange juice label! Unless
it is fortified with calcium, orange juice
contains only a little calcium.
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Sorry, try again. Look for the label that is made
for orange juice.
Hint Orange juice has tons of Vitamin C!
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Which nutrition label goes with soda pop?
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Good job picking out the soda pop label. Notice
how soda pop has no calcium or other nutrients
compared with the others!
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Sorry, try again. Look for the label that matches
soda pop.
Hint Look for lots of sugar and NO VITAMINS OR
MINERALS
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Which food label is made for skim milk?
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Sorry, try again. Look for the label that matches
skim milk.
Hint Look for high amounts of calcium!
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Great job! Skim milk is an excellent source of
calcium.
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Beverages especially milk can be a very
important source of nutrients!
Sports Drink
Coke
Orange Juice
Skim Milk
Make it a habit to have at least 3 cups of milk a
day!
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But the nutrition label doesnt say milligrams,
it just gives a percent
An easy way to figure out how many milligrams of
calcium are in a food is to add a 0 to the
percentage on the Nutrition Facts label.
Example This label says 30. Add a 0 and it
means one cup has 300 mg of calcium.
Skim Milk
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Calcium is an important part of MyPyramid!

• Click on the color that represents the Milk group.

Green
Orange
Red
Yellow
Blue
Purple
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Blue is the color of the Milk group!
Check out www.mypyramid.gov to see other foods in
the Milk group.
Compared with the other MyPyramid food groups,
the Milk group contains the best sources of
calcium!
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Please take the post-survey to see what you have
learned about calcium!

• Click on me to
• take the post
• survey.

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Bank on Calcium!

• Ask your
• teacher if
• you can print
• the certificate on the next page.

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Congratulations! You know how to bank on calcium!
This project was made possible in part by a grant
from the Midwest Dairy Association.