Healthy Foods for Kids

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Healthy Foods for Kids

• BY
• TyDashia and Miracle

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Food Pyramid

• What do you like to eat?
• Do you like to make healthy choices that give you
  energy?
• Or, do you make poor choices because they taste
  good?

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Statistics About Obesity

• Between 34 and 38 percent of Alabama children
  from ages 10 to 17 are in the overweight or obese
  category.
• 340,000 Alabama children weigh too much and
  172,000 are obese.
• Overweight children have a 70 chance of becoming
  obese adults.

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Healthy Sandwiches

• Veggie Cream Cheese
• Cucumbers
• Wheat Bread

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Tuna salad and a sliced tomato

• Vegetables
• Meat
• Grains
• Fruits
• Dairy

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Almond butter with slivered almonds and dried
cranberries

• Nuts
• Grains
• Fruit
• Protein

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Healthy Lunch

• Vegetable
• Protein
• Fat

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Unhealthy Choice

• Processed Meat
• White Bread

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Unhealthy Choice

• Carbohydrates
• Salt
• Fats from oil

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Unhealthy Snack

• White flour
• Oil
• Fat

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Healthy Cereals

• It is not easy to find healthy cereal.
• Some has too much sugar.
• Some has little nutrition.

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Cheerios

• Cheerios cereal is made with all or mostly whole
  grains.
• No trans fat

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Healthy Snack

• Mixed fruits
• Vitamin C

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Healthy Snack

• Place deli turkey, low-fat mozzarella, and
  lettuce on a whole wheat tortilla. Roll tightly,
  seal, and refrigerate. Cut into 1-inch slices.

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Healthy Snack

• Sweet Smoothie
• Blend a banana with one cup nonfat milk and two
  tablespoons Ovaltine.
• You can add variety by mixing in other fruits,
  yogurt, and peanut butter

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• Wherever you are at school,
• home, or work, eat
• HEALTHY!

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Resources

• http//www.parents.com/recipes/cooking/k
  id-friendly-food/8-power-snacks/?page3
• TimesDaily.com
• http//images.google.com