Food Label Scavenger Hunt Lesson and More Health

Food Label Scavenger Hunt Lesson and More… © Health Education Today

Food Label Reading Pre-Lesson

How companies might deceive you on a food label: 1. Unrealistic serving size - chips 2. Servings per container - muffin, Fritos 3. Packaging - pop tart 4. listing an amount and then having a “ * ” - Mac n’ Cheese and brownies

Label Deception-Serving Size: Servings Size: 6 chips Servings per Container: 20 Calories: 130 (x 20) Total Fat: 6 grams (x 20)

Label Deception: Can you do the math in your head? Servings per Container: 4. 5 Calories: 170 (x 4. 5) Total Fat: 11 grams (x 4. 5)

"Strawberry" Poptarts

Video: 12 "Grocery Store Savvy" <https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=-R 7 c. CIg 8 i. DQ>

IS THIS PRODUCT HEALTHY? 13 , d e r e d n o w Ever uct d o r p s i h t “Is. ‘healthy’? . . ll i w u o y y a Tod o t w o h e e s if determine s a product i. u o y r o f ” y h “healt To be in t he vending machines at many schools it ha to be less s than: < 35% (c alories fro m) fat + < 35% (w eight from (or no m ) sugar ore than 15 grams )

Is your school a “Healthy School? ” • Hopefully your state has adopted a healthy policy, but even if they haven’t you can fight to make your school healthy!! Here is the website to check: • The National Association of State Boards of Education State School Health Policy Database • <http: //nasbe. org/healthy_schools/hs/bytopics. php? topicid=31 15&catexpand=acdnbtm_catc> More on vending machines to come later!. . .

In a minute, each person will choose a product and fill in a worksheet. Here is how to do the worksheet: Hand out worksheet, b ut not food produc t yet. Can you figure it yourself? :

#1 Write the name of your product Egg Nog

#2 Write the Serving Size of your product Egg Nog

#2 Write the Serving Size of your product: 1 cup Egg Nog

Egg Nog #3 Serving per container

#3 Serving per container 1 Egg Nog

#3 Calories 300 Nutrition Facts Serving Size: 7 pieces Servings Per Container: 2 Calories 150 Total Fat 1 g Total Carbohydrate 38 g #3 Total Fat 2 Sugars 31 g

Egg Nog #3 Is it Realistic? #3 Is it Deceptive?

Egg Nog #4 Total Fat? Saturated fat? Trans fat?

Egg Nog #4 Total Fat? 12 Saturated fat? 3 Trans fat? 3

#4 Total Fat? Saturated fat? Trans fat? If it's not listed on label, you'll need to look at ingredients

Egg Nog #5: sugars are measured by weight. How many grams?

Egg Nog To be in our vending machine at school it has to be less than: < 35% (calories from) fat Fat Calories divided by total calories=_____ + < 35% (weight from) sugar (or no more than 15 grams) Sugar Grams divided by total grams = ______

#6 Calories from Fat divided by Total Calories = ____ Yes_____ or No____ Egg Nog

#6 Calories from Fat 110 divided by Total Calories 250 = 44% __ Yes_____ or No__X__ Egg Nog

#7 Sugar Grams divided by Total Grams = ____ Yes_____ or No____ Egg Nog

#7 Sugar Grams 5 divided by Total Grams 228 = ____2%__ Yes__X___ or No____ Egg Nog

IS THIS PRODUCT HEALTHY ENOUGH TO BE IN THE SCHOOL VENDING MACHINE: Has to be YES _____ NO__X___ under 35 for both!!

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Now choose your own product and fill in the worksheet.

Food Label Scavenger Hunt Lesson

Video if you haven’t already seen it: <https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=WV_t. RB 0 zv. UI>

Just a bit more practice… • Is this product healthy • for TOTAL FAT? :

Just a bit more practice… • Is this product healthy • for TOTAL FAT • 80 divided by 170 = 47% NO!

Just a bit more practice… • Is this product healthy • for SUGAR GRAMS? :

Just a bit more practice… • Is this product healthy • for SUGAR GRAMS • 11 divided by 35 = 31% YES! But in vending machine for both = NO!

Just a bit more practice… • Is this product healthy • for TOTAL FAT? :

Just a bit more practice… • Is this product healthy • for TOTAL FAT? : • 5 divided by 50 = 1% YES!

Just a bit more practice… • Is this product healthy • for SUGAR GRAMS? :

Just a bit more practice… • Is this product healthy • for SUGAR GRAMS? : • 7 divided by 14 = 50% NO! In vending machine for both = NO!

Food Label Scavenger Hunt

The U. S. D. A New Food Label: <http: //www. fda. gov/Food/Guidance. Reg ulation/Guidance. Documents. Regulatory. In formation/Labeling. Nutrition/ucm 385663. htm#supplemental>

Grocery Store Scavenger Hunt Homework

Interactive Food Label & Vending Machine Activity Post-Lesson

Video: <https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=mb. Cwi 6 Ee. NAE>

Interactive Food Label:

Vending Machines Activity:

IS THIS PRODUCT HEALTHY? 13 , d e r e d n o w Ever uct d o r p s i h t “Is. ‘healthy’? . . ll i w u o y y a Tod o t w o h e e s if determine s a product i. u o y r o f ” y h “healt To be in t he vending machines at many schools it ha to be less s than: < 35% (c alories fro m) fat + < 35% (w eight from (or no m ) sugar ore than 15 grams )

Just a bit more practice… • Is this product healthy • for TOTAL FAT? :

Just a bit more practice… • Is this product healthy • for TOTAL FAT? : • 5 divided by 50 = 1% YES!

Just a bit more practice… • Is this product healthy • for SUGAR GRAMS? :

Just a bit more practice… • Is this product healthy • for SUGAR GRAMS? : • 7 divided by 14 = 50% NO! In vending machine for both = NO!

Go check out your school Snack Vending Machines:

If your school doesn’t have a Vending Machine:

Do the Vending Machine Worksheet

Cancer and Family History EXTRA MATERIAL

Pair / Share: If you feel comfortable sharing, tell your table partner if you know anyone who has/had health issues that were related to their diet or lack of exercise. (high blood pressure, Type 2 Diabetes, heart disease, stroke, joint problems, liver issues, . . . )

Nutrition Related Illnesses: • Unhealthy eating and inactivity contribute to 310, 000 to 580, 000 deaths each year according to the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). That’s 13 times more than are killed by guns and 20 times more than by drug use. 23

Diseases Caused by Obesity: kidney Type 2 Diabetes

We know good nutrition prevents heart disease, so how about cancer? ? ? 22 • Scientists say they really do not know whether dietary changes will make a difference (in preventing cancer). And there lies a quandary for today's medicine. It is turning out to be much more difficult than anyone expected to discover if diet affects cancer risk. • Therefore, knowing the warning signs is so vital:

7 Signs of Cancer: 24 (as designated by the American Cancer Society) CAUTION: C hange in bowel or bladder habits. A sore that does not heal. U nusual bleeding or discharge. T hickening or lump in the breast, testicles, or elsewhere. I ndigestion or difficulty swallowing. O bvious change in the size, color, shape, or wart, mole, or mouth sore. N agging cough or hoarseness. thickness of a

Also signs of Cancer: The following symptoms may also signal the presence of some form of cancer: -Persistent headaches -Unexplained loss of weight or appetite -Chronic pain in bones or other areas of the body -Persistent fatigue, nausea, or vomiting -Persistent low-grade fever, either constant or see Nutrition Day 11 for a great art project intermittent -Repeated instances of infection

*People who use tanning beds more than once a month are 55 percent more likely to develop malignant melanoma, the most deadly form of skin cancer. National Cancer Institute fair skin blond or red hair blue, green or gray eyes ･Instead of going to a tanning salon, try tanning sprays. -Conduct a monthly skin self-exam looking for any abnormalities (like bumps or sores that don't heal) or moles that have changed size, color or shape. Be sure to check all areas. Have a friend or family member check your back.

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Works Cited: 12 "Grocery Story Savvy. " <http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=-R 7 c. CIg 8 i. DQ> 13 State School Healthy Food Policy Databse. <http: //nasbe. org/healthy_schools/hs/bytopics. php? topicid=3115&catexpand=acdnbtm_catc> 22 <http: //www. nytimes. com/2005/09/27/health/27 canc. html? pagewanted=all> 23 <http: //www. cspinet. org/nutritionpolicy/nutrition_policy. html> 24 http: //www. webmd. com/cancer/understanding-cancer-symptoms 29. <http: //nasbe. org/healthy_schools/hs/bytopics. php? topicid=3115&catexpand=acdnbtm_catc> 30 http: //www. dailymail. co. uk/tvshowbiz/article-1265676/Britney-Spears-releases-airbrushed-images-digitally-alteredversions. html *FPPT graciously allowed me to use their Power. Point templates without the logo on every slide-Check out their website, where you can get thousands of awesome Power. Point templates all FREE! <http: //www. free-power-point-templates. com>