Download Check Out My Diet - Blake Read Health/Physical Education

Check Out My Diet
Marcie Paglione and Blake Read
Bell Ringer
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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!
The Components of Healthy Eating
• Based on My Plate
food groups
My Plate: Fruits
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Any fruit or 100% fruit
juice
Make half of your plate
fruits and vegetables
Examples: Apples,
strawberries,
cantaloupe, and 100%
fruit grapefruit juice
My Plate: Vegetables
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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
My Plate: Protein Foods
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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
My Plate: Grains
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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
My Plate: Dairy
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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
Factors That Influence Healthy Eating
What are some things that affect how you
decide what you are going to eat?
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Dietary restrictions
Availability of food items
Personal skills in cooking and food prep
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?
Influences: Packaging, Marketing, & Advertising
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Packaging
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Phrases like “low fat” and “heart healthy”
Marketing and Advertising
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Catered to age groups
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Celebrity Endorsements
Celebrity Endorsements
Check Out My Diet
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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
o You will each fill out your own sheet
$15 dollar budget - Plan carefully!
Remember what we have just talked about with My
Plate criteria!
Check Out My Diet Worksheet
My Plate Worksheet
Once you have
completed your
receipt, put all of
your food items
into their My
Plate category!
* If something doesn’t 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
Reflection Questions
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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?
Whip Around
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Our take home point: If it’s 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.