Check Out My Diet

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Check Out My Diet

• Marcie Paglione and Blake Read

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Bell Ringer

• Get a piece of scrap paper
• Draw the My Plate diagram
• You will write one section of My Plate and one
  food example on your paper
• Then, exchange papers with a teammate
• Add another section of My Plate and food example
• Continue until all sections of My Plate are
  written!

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The Components of Healthy Eating

• Based on My Plate food groups

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My Plate Fruits

• Any fruit or 100 fruit juice
• Make half of your plate fruits and vegetables
• Examples Apples, strawberries, cantaloupe, and
  100 fruit grapefruit juice

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My Plate Vegetables

• Any vegetable or 100 vegetable juice
• Make half of your plate fruits and vegetables
• 5 subgroups dark green vegetables, starchy
  vegetables, red and orange vegetables, beans and
  peas and other vegetables
• Examples Broccoli, avocado, black beans, corn,
  and carrots

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My Plate Protein Foods

• Any foods made from meat, poultry, seafood, beans
  and peas, eggs, processed soy products, nuts, and
  seeds
• Notice that beans and peas are also part of the
  vegetable group, some parts of My Plate overlap!
• Examples lean cuts of beef, game meats like
  bison, almonds, peanut butter, flounder, chicken
  and tofu

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My Plate Grains

• Any food made from wheat, rice, oats, cornmeal,
  barley or other cereal grain.
• 2 subgroups whole grains and refined grains
• Make at least half of your grains whole grains
• Examples Bread, pasta, oatmeal, tortillas and
  breakfast cereals

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My Plate Dairy

• All fluid milk products and many foods made from
  milk
• Dairy group choices should be fat-free or low fat
• Examples skim milk, frozen yogurt, cheese and
  ice cream

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Factors That Influence Healthy Eating

• What are some things that affect how you decide
  what you are going to eat?
• Dietary restrictions
• Availability of food items
• Personal skills in cooking and food prep

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Influences Family and Peers

• Think, do your friends have a favorite place to
  eat that normally go to? Is it healthy? Do you go
  there for the food or the social aspect?
• Think, during certain times of the year, does
  your diet change? Consider birthday, holiday, and
  major accomplishment celebrations like
  graduation. How does food play into these events?

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Influences Packaging, Marketing, Advertising

• Packaging
• Phrases like low fat and heart healthy
• Marketing and Advertising
• Catered to age groups
• Celebrity Endorsements

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Celebrity Endorsements
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Check Out My Diet

• Plan a healthful diet for an entire day by
  filling out your Receipt
• Different stores are set up around the classroom
• Work with a partner to plan your daily meals
• You will each fill out your own sheet
• 15 dollar budget - Plan carefully!
• Remember what we have just talked about with My
  Plate criteria!

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Check Out My Diet Worksheet

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My Plate Worksheet

• Once you have completed your receipt, put all of
  your food items into their My Plate category!
• If something doesnt fit into a category,
  write it on the outside of the plate.

Ex Pasta
Ex Milk
Ex Apple
Ex Broccoli
Ex Almonds
Ex Barbeque Sauce
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Reflection Questions

• What were the biggest challenges you faced in
  creating your meal plan?
• Does your meal plan fit My Plate criteria?
• Do you think your meal plan is realistic? Does it
  reflect your current eating habits?
• Do you think your diet will change based on peer
  and family influences from your current home
  environment to living on your own or with a new
  roommate?
• What steps will you take to ensure that your
  future college meals will fit My Plate criteria
  and represent healthy eating choices?

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Whip Around

• Our take home point If its not on my plate do
  your really want it on yours?
• Pick one word to sum up this experience and share
  with the class.
• Be sure to write your word at the bottom on
  the Reflection worksheet.