Healthy EatingHealthy Eating

This presentation is prepared by This presentation is prepared by the 6the 6thth grade students for the grade students for the

project “Keeping Fit & Healthy”project “Keeping Fit & Healthy”VladimirVladimir

20102010

What’s going on?What’s going on?

We wanted to know what kids We wanted to know what kids are are eating, so we asked eating, so we asked our our classmates classmates to tell us. Their to tell us. Their answers show that many of answers show that many of them are trying hard to eat them are trying hard to eat healthy. How? By eating fruits, healthy. How? By eating fruits, vegetablesvegetables,drinking,drinking milk, milk, water, and 100% fruit juice.water, and 100% fruit juice.

How many times did you How many times did you have a vegetablehave a vegetable yesterdayyesterday??

26% of kids said they had 26% of kids said they had veggies three times or more. veggies three times or more.

16% said they had vegetables 16% said they had vegetables twice. twice.

25% said they had one serving 25% said they had one serving of a vegetable. of a vegetable.

33% said they had none.33% said they had none.

None is no goodNone is no good!!

One is better One is better than none. than none.

Two is on the Two is on the right trackright track!!

TThree is great hree is great newsnews!!

How to Eat More Good How to Eat More Good Food?Food?

Eat five portions of Eat five portions of fruit and vegetables fruit and vegetables every day. every day.

Change the way you Change the way you cook food - try cook food - try grilling instead of grilling instead of frying, and steam frying, and steam instead of boiling. instead of boiling.

Reduce fat and Reduce fat and sugar. sugar.

Increase starchy Increase starchy foods (pasta, rice foods (pasta, rice and potatoes).and potatoes).

FOOD PLATEFOOD PLATE

Bread, Bread, Cereals Cereals

& & PotatoePotatoe

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Milk & Milk & Dairy Dairy FoodsFoods Fatty & Sugary Fatty & Sugary

FoodsFoods

Lean Meat, Lean Meat, Poultry, Poultry, Fish & Fish &

AlternativeAlternativess

Fruit and Fruit and VegetableVegetabless

FOOD PLATEFOOD PLATE

Welcome to our healthy food Welcome to our healthy food cafe´cafe´

OUR TODAY’S MENU IS OUR TODAY’S MENU IS COLORFUL AND FUNNY:COLORFUL AND FUNNY:

RedRed & & PinkPink: apples, cherries, : apples, cherries, strawberries, tomatoes, watermelonstrawberries, tomatoes, watermelon

YellowYellow & White: bananas, squash, & White: bananas, squash, pineapple, cornpineapple, corn

GreenGreen: beans, peas, lettuce, grapes, : beans, peas, lettuce, grapes, pears, broccolipears, broccoli

OrangeOrange: oranges, carrots, peaches, : oranges, carrots, peaches, cantaloupecantaloupe

BlueBlue & & PurplePurple: blueberries, plums, : blueberries, plums, grapes, eggplantgrapes, eggplant

Good Food and Good Food and Health Go Hand-in-Health Go Hand-in-

HandHand

RESOURCES:RESOURCES:

1) Advanced Dictionary, E. L. 1) Advanced Dictionary, E. L. Thorndike, Clarence L. Thorndike, Clarence L. Barnhort and Scott Foresman, Barnhort and Scott Foresman, 19971997

2) 2) www.kidshealth.orgwww.kidshealth.org 3) classmates’ & parents’ 3) classmates’ & parents’

feedbackfeedback 4) 4) www.GrowUpHealthy.orgwww.GrowUpHealthy.org