Making Healthy Food Choices Using Menu Labels

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Making Healthy Food Choices Using Menu
Labels
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Lesson Objectives

• By the end of this lesson, you will be able to
• Identify your own daily energy needs what
  portion of those needs should come from lunch
• Apply calorie information to select food
  beverages that meet your energy needs at lunch
• Discuss the benefits of paying attention to
  calorie information to match intake with
  needsi.e. energy balance.

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What do you already know?

• Energy balance refers to the balance between
  calories consumed through eating and drinking and
  those calories expended through physical activity
  and metabolic processes.
• Simple equation
• Energy in Energy out (expended)

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• How many know how many calories you should eat
  each day?

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Laurel plays forward on the school's soccer
team.She is a 17 year old junior. With soccer
practice, weight training, and games, she is
engaged in vigorous physical activity at least
two hours, six days a week.Because she is
active more than 60 minutes a day, MyPlate.gov
estimates that Laurel needs 2,600 calories a day.
But Laurel trains at least 120 minutes a day, so
this estimate probably underestimates her energy
needs. She eats breakfast and a mid-morning snack
and needs between 700 and 800 calories at lunch
to give her enough energy to keep her going
through practice.

• Which of the menu options on your answer sheet do
  you think best meets Laurels nutrition and
  calorie needs for lunch?

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Menu Labeling Laws

• The Affordable Care Act includes a requirement
  that all fast-food and chain restaurants are
  required to include nutrition information on
  menus and menu board beginning in 2012. King
  County has implemented a similar requirement
  since January 1, 2009.

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Nutrition Labeling Quiz

• Which breakfast item at Dennys has the FEWEST
  number of calories?
• Ham cheddar omelet
• Country fried steak eggs
• Three slices of French toast with syrup
  margarine
• Three pancakes with syrup margarine

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Nutrition Labeling Quiz

• Which breakfast item at Dennys has the
• FEWEST number of calories?
• Ham cheddar omelet 595
• Country fried steak eggs 543
• Three slices of French toast
• with syrup margarine 1261
• Three pancakes with syrup
• margarine 650

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Nutrition Labeling Quiz

• Which item at Dunkin Donuts has
• the FEWEST number of calories?
• Sesame bagel with cream cheese
• Two jelly-filled donuts
• Banana walnut muffin
• A medium (24 oz.) strawberry
• banana smoothie

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Nutrition Labeling Quiz

• Which item at Dunkin Donuts has
• the FEWEST number of calories?
• Sesame bagel cream cheese 570
• Two jelly-filled donuts 420
• Banana walnut muffin 540
• A medium (24 oz.) strawberry
• banana smoothie 550

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Nutrition Labeling Quiz

• Which sandwich at Subway has the
• FEWEST number of calories?
• (6-inch sub)
• Meatball Marinara
• Steak Cheese
• Chicken Bacon Ranch
• Tuna

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Nutrition Labeling Quiz

• Which sandwich at Subway has the
• FEWEST number of calories?
• Meatball Marinara 560
• Steak Cheese 400
• Chicken Bacon Ranch 580
• Tuna 530

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Nutrition Labeling Quiz

• Which item at McDonalds has the
• MOST calories?
• A Big Mac
• Two Egg McMuffins
• A large chocolate shake
• Four regular hamburgers

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Nutrition Labeling Quiz

• Which item at McDonalds has the
• MOST calories?
• A Big Mac 540
• Two Egg McMuffins 600
• A large chocolate shake 1160
• Four regular hamburgers 1000

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Nutrition Quiz Results

• King County Results
• 1 out of 388 answered all four questions
  correctly
• 72 missed all of the questions
• Quiz adapted from
• California Center for Public Health Advocacy

Menu Labeling Quiz http//www.metrokc.gov/hea
lth/boh/menuquiz.htm
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Woodinville Cafeteria Quiz

• Which entree item in the cafeteria has the FEWEST
  number of calories?
• Chicken Caesar Wrap
• Spicy Chicken Burger with Fries
• Chef Salad
• Pepperoni Pizza

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• Which beverage item in the cafeteria has the
  FEWEST number of calories?
• Nonfat Chocolate Milk (8 oz.)
• Nonfat Milk (8oz.)
• Minute Maid Orange Juice (8 oz.)
• V-8 juice (12 oz.)

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• Which dessert item in the cafeteria has the MOST
  number of calories?
• Chocolate Chip Cookie
• Brownie
• Blueberry Poptarts
• Kelloggs Rice Krispie Treats

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Your MyPlate Assignment

• How many calories did MyPlate suggest you need on
  a daily basis?

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Why might there be a discrepancy?

• Not taken into account
• Growth rate
• Body composition proportion of lean muscle mass
• Genetics, hormones
• Estimates vague descriptions of Physical
  Activity
• Warning Dont trust what exercise machines
• tell you!

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Average Caloric Needs

• Males 14-17 years
• Sedentary 2000-2400
• Mod. Active 2400-2800
• Active 2800-3200

• Females 14-17 years
• Sedentary 1800
• Mod. Active 2000
• Active 2400

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How many of those calories should come from your
lunch?

• Approximately 1/3, IF you dont snack!
• 600-700 for girls
• 700-900 for boys
• If you do snack (and most of us do!)
• 400-500 calories for girls
• 500-700 calories for boys

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• Why is it important to make healthy food choices?

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Group activity

• Get into groups of 6. Each group will have a
  fictitious person with different energy needs.
  Your job as a group is to create a healthy lunch
  for your character, using the menu item cards.
  Use your MyPlate placement to help decide what
  foods beverages will meet your characters
  nutrition needs.
• Things to consider
• What are this persons calorie needs?
• What nutrition is this person getting what is
  this person missing?
• Be prepared to report out to the class, why you
  made the choices you made!

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My Plate Rules of Thumb!

• Make half your plate fruits and vegetables
• Make at least half your grains whole grains
• Drink water instead of sugary drinks
• Switch to skim or 1 milk
• Enjoy your food, but eat less
• Be physically active

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Why is exercise important?
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Why is exercise important?

• Good for mekeep heart, muscles, bones strong
• Feels good Runners high Boosts your energy
• Makes it easier to do the things I want to do.
• Reduce stress, promotes better sleep
• Combats chronic diseases
• Manage weight
• It may lead to higher academic performance
• It can be funactive play counts!

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Laurel plays forward on the school's soccer
team.She is a 17 year old junior. With soccer
practice, weight training, and games, she is
engaged in vigorous physical activity at least
two hours, six days a week.Because she is
active more than 60 minutes a day, MyPlate.gov
estimates that Laurel needs 2,600 calories a day.
But Laurel trains at least 120 minutes a day, so
this estimate probably underestimates her energy
needs. She eats breakfast and a mid-morning snack
and needs between 700 and 800 calories at lunch
to give her enough energy to keep her going
through practice.

• Which of the menu options on your answer sheet do
  you think best meets Laurels nutrition and
  calorie needs for lunch?

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• Option A Option B
• Pepperoni Pizza Teriyaki Chicken Vegie
  Noodle Caesar Salad Bowl
• Non-fat Chocolate Non-fat Milk
• Milk Chocolate Chip Cookie
• Vegetable, Grain, Vegetable, Grain,
• Protein, Dairy Protein, Dairy
• Calories 945 Calories 715

• Option C Option D
• Cheeseburger Fries Chicken Caesar Wrap
• Vitamin Water Arizona Mango Ice Tea
• Protein, grain, Protein, Grain,
• Vegetable Vegetable, Fruit
• Calories 581 Calories 1020

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Woodinville Cafeteria Quiz

• Which entree item in the cafeteria has the FEWEST
  number of calories?
• Chicken Caesar Wrap 660 Calories
• Spicy Chicken Burger with Fries 637
• Cheeseburger with Fries 581 Calories
• Pepperoni Pizza 480 Calories

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• Which beverage item in the cafeteria has the
  FEWEST number of calories?
• Nonfat Chocolate Milk (8 oz.) 130
• Nonfat Milk (8oz.) 90
• Minute Maid Orange Juice (10 oz.) 110
• V-8 juice ( oz.) 75

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• Which dessert item in the cafeteria has the MOST
  number of calories?
• Chocolate Chip Cookie 190 calories
• Brownie 243 calories
• Blueberry Pop-tarts 200/400 calories
• Kelloggs Rice Krispie Treats 90
  calories