Power Calories Lessons 6 & 7

Finding Power Calories

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Refresh Unit

Learning Goals

• The Students will be understand the benefits to eating an

overall healthy diet through a variety of foods.

• The Students will recognize the health risks of a poor diet

& ways they can eat healthier.

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Learning Targets

• The students will understand what a “Power Calorie” is &

why it’s important to include these nutrient dense foods

in their diets.

• The students learn what a nutrient is & the essential

nutrients that their bodies need in order to maintain a

healthy body.

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What’s a Power Calorie?

• What is a Power Calorie?

• Calories that are nutrient dense

• Power Calories will help us get the nutrients our body

needs, eat the recommended amount from each food group

AND maintain a healthy weight

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What are Nutrients?

• What is a nutrient?

• a substance that provides nourishment essential for growth and the maintenance of life.

• There are 6 categories of nutrients we need…what are they?

• Vitamins

• Minerals

• Proteins

• Carbohydrates (Carbs)

• Fats

• Water

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Nutrient Dense Foods

• We want “power” calorie food & beverages, which are

nutrient dense.

• Using the Food Label will help us determine whether

what we are eating or drinking is nutrient dense or not.

• A nutrient dense food has a higher proportion of

nutrients than it has calories

• In other words, the amount of nutrients received from

the food is high in relation to the number of calories

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Quick Recap…

• Turn to the person next to you and explain to each other

the following:

• What is a power calorie?

• What are the 6 nutrients the body needs?

• What is a nutrient dense food?

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Learning Goal

• The students will gather a better understanding of the

topics covered in the Nutrition unit by watching a short

video.

• Topics include overall diet, body image, physical activity,

the food label & the influence of fast food in our diets.

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Nutrient Dense Foods

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The bar graph gives us information on the major nutrients in a baked potato. Each bar shows

what percent of the daily requirement is provided if a person eats this potato

Foods are considered nutrient dense if they provide a higher % of at least one nutrient than the

% of calories. If any of the bars are higher than the % of calories, then it’s nutrient dense!

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Are the French Fried Potatoes Nutrient Dense???

Frying the potato added a lot of fat, which increases the calories and contributes to

additional fat to the diet. How foods are prepared has a direct impact on whether

or not they are nutrient dense.

Notice the portion size, how many calories if you ate 20 fries?

316 calories and 16 grams of fat….yikes!!

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Using

Food

Labels

to Make

Healthy

Food

Choices

Food Label

• Look at the Food Label

• Divide the calories in ONE SERVING by 2,000 to get the percentage

• Then, compare the percentage with the percentages the other nutrients supply.

• If the percent of calories is lower than the other percentages, the food is nutrient dense

• Is this food a Nutrient Dense Food w/ Power Calories?

• YES

• 250 divided by 2,000 = 12% (this is the percent of calories)

• The food provides 20 % of the calcium a person needs on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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Food Label

• What is one thing we can all do to really understand

exactly what we are eating?????

READ THE FOOD LABEL

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Let’s refresh our

Learning Target

• The students will understand what a “Power Calorie” is &

why it’s important to include these nutrient dense foods

in their diets.

• The students learn what a nutrient is & the essential

nutrients that their bodies need in order to maintain a

healthy body.

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EXIT SLIP….

• Be sure to Log In to the clickers &

get ready to answer your exit slip

questions…

• 2 questions today

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