This document discusses the importance of nutrition and provides information about the food guide pyramid. It emphasizes that nutrition is key for health and development, while poor nutrition can cause tiredness. The food guide pyramid breaks foods into grain, fruit, vegetable, protein, and dairy groups and recommends daily servings. The document also discusses healthy choices like physical activity versus unhealthy choices like obesity and provides online nutrition resources and a student assignment to analyze one's diet.

1. Staying Healthy Kady Caughenbaugh

3. Good nutrition is important for the growth and development of healthy bones and muscle

4. Poor nutrition can leave you feeling tired most of the time

6. Great tool to help you choose from a variety of foods to you get the nutrition you need

8. Grain Group

9. ½ Cups of Rice 1 Slice of Bread 6-11 Servings 1 Flat Tortilla

10. Fruit Group

11. ½ Cup of Canned Fruit One medium Apple, Orange, or Banana 2-4 Servings ¾ Cup of Fruit Juice

12. Vegetable Group

13. 3-5 Servings 1 Cup of Leafy Veggies ¾ Cup of Veggie Juice ½ Cup of Veggies Raw or Cooked

14. Protein Group

15. One Egg 2 Tablespoons of Peanut Butter 2-3 Servings 1/3 Cup of Nuts ½ Cup Cooked Dry Beans

16. Dairy Group

17. 1 Cup of Milk 1 Ounce of Cheese 2-3 Servings 1 Cup of Yogurt

18. Fats and Sweets

19. Limit These Items

20. Food Labels

21. Serving Size Calories Nutrients Vitamins & Minerals

22. Ingredients

23. Livestrong.com

24. www.livestrong.com

25. Click the Arrow next to Eat Healthy

26. Select Diet and Nutrition

27. Once you are on the page, Scroll down until you see the option MyPlate

28. Once you have clicked on MyPlate, you can input the foods you eat to see the serving size and calories each food contains.

30. Livestrong.com also has serving sizes and calories from popular restaurants. Go back to home, then click Eat Healthy, then click Fast Food and Restaurant Nutrition.

31. Click on the Restaurant you want.

33. Mypyramid.com

34. Click Look up a Food

35. Now type in the food you want to lookup

37. You can change the amount to see calories here.

38. Fitness

41. Running

42. Playing Frisbee or throwing ball

43. Playing hide n go seek

44. Stretching your muscles

47. 31.7% of children in U.S

48. Obesity can cause high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart disease, diabetes.

49. All of these are serious illnesses that can cause early death

51. Assignment

52. Record everything you have eaten for a whole day. Design your own food guide pyramid off the worksheet I give you. Draw each type of food you have eaten and put it in the correct food group. After your food pyramid is complete, write five sentences on good and bad choices you made for the day. These sentences should include if you missed a food group or ate too many servings of a group.

53. Sentences: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.