Transcript Eating a Healthy Breakfast - Middlesex

Breakfast Success
Learning Stations and Passport
- Students will complete the reading and activity at each station
- Each station will take 10 minutes to complete
- Students will receive a stamp or sticker on their "passport" after
completing each station
- Materials:
- 4 stations
- 1-2 topic readings per station (in a page protector)
- 1 package per student (include passport and activity sheets 1-4)
Station 1 – Reading # 2
Leslie Beck's Food For Thought
Skip breakfast, lose in the boardroom
*This article can be found at the following website :
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/heal
th-and-fitness/skip-breakfast-lose-in-theboardroom/article790194//
Please ensure to print off 1-2 copies for station 1 for
students to read
Station 1: Activity
Eating a Healthy Breakfast
1. Summarize five (5) ways that breakfast can benefit
you.
2. Students who don’t start their day with
breakfast tend to be:
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Station 1: Activity continued…
Eating a Healthy Breakfast
3. What percentage of high school students do not
eat a healthy breakfast? ___________
4. Students who eat breakfast tend to have higher daily intakes of
what?
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Answer Key - Station 1
1) Summarize five (5) ways that breakfast can benefit you.
- More nutritious diet
- Improved performance at school
- Helps maintain a healthy weight
- Healthier heart
- Better concentration
- Better problem solving
- Better hand-eye coordination
2) Students who don’t start their day with breakfast tend to be:
- More sluggish
- Less attentive
- Have less energy for morning activities
3) What percentage of high school students do not eat a healthy breakfast? 62%
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Students who eat breakfast tend to have higher daily intakes of what?
Fruits and Vegetables
Milk products
Fibre
Vitamins
Minerals
Station 2 - Reading
Adapted from: "Nutrition Facts: Breakfast Success"
Remember.... there are many foods that
fit into each food group!
Station 2: Activity
Plan Your Next Breakfast!
A balanced breakfast should include food items from at least
3 of the 4 food groups from Canada's Food Guide. Use the
sheet on the next page to plan your next breakfast.
Station 2: Plan Your Next Breakfast!
Station 2: Plan Your Next Breakfast!
Questions:
1. What could you prepare the night before to make sure you
have time to eat your breakfast?
2. Look closely at your meal; is there anything that you can
do to make it healthier?
3. Is your beverage a healthy choice?
Station 3 - Reading
Adapted from: "Nutrition Facts: Breakfast Success"
Station 3: Activity
No time? No excuse!
1. On your own write a smoothie recipe that includes two (2)
of the 4 food groups from Canada’s Food Guide and add
another food group to go along with the smoothie.
Fruit/Vegetables
Grain
Milk and Alternatives
Meat and Alternatives
Station 3: Activity continued…
2. Share your recipe with your group.
3. Select one (1) recipe from that group that you liked
and write it down.
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Station 4: Reading
Be Brighter with Breakfast for Secondary Students
Adapted from: Middlesex-London Health Unit (2013). Be Brighter with Breakfast for Secondary Students.
https://www.healthunit.com/secondary-schools-breakfast-success
Start your day right with breakfast
Teens that eat a healthy breakfast:
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Focus and behave better at school, may perform better on tests and assignments
and are absent less often.
Get more vitamins, minerals and fibre than teens who skip breakfast.
Are more likely to be at a healthier weight than teens who skip breakfast.
Have fewer signs of hunger like headaches, sleepiness and grumpiness.
Station 4: Reading continued…
Be Brighter with Breakfast for Secondary Students
Tips for Breakfast Success!
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Involve your teen. Including them in planning, shopping for and preparing
breakfast may help increase their breakfast eating. Let your teen choose
between different healthy options.
Include food from at least 3 of the 4 food groups. The four food groups of
Canada’s Food Guide are Vegetables and Fruit, Grain Products, Milk &
Alternatives, and Meat & Alternatives. Including food from each food group
helps to make sure your son or daughter gets all the nutrients they need.
Be creative. Breakfast choices can be “traditional” and include items like
cereal, toast, fruit, milk and/or 100% juice. But why not try something different,
like cold or reheated leftovers (cold homemade pizza, pasta, sandwiches,
cheese & crackers).
Be a role model. Be sure to eat breakfast yourself and enjoy breakfast with
your teen as much as possible.
Always eat something. Having a piece of fruit and taking a snack for later is
better than nothing!
Station 4: Reading continued…
Be Brighter with Breakfast for Secondary Students
Easy Breakfast Ideas
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Yogurt with granola and dried or fresh fruit and a glass of 100% juice
Whole wheat pancakes with sliced peaches and vanilla yogurt
Oatmeal, sliced pear, glass of milk
It doesn’t have to be ‘breakfast’ food –try leftovers from the night before paired
with a glass of milk or 100% juice
Breakfast On-the-Go
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Crackers, cheddar cheese chunks, orange wedges, glass of milk
Baby carrots, cheese stick, multigrain bagel
Turkey and cheese sandwich, 100% fruit juice
Whole wheat pita spread with peanut butter and wrapped around a banana (a
great choice for at home or on the weekends, but it is not suitable for schools if
your school is peanut/nut safe)
Station 4: Activity
Quiz your classmates!
1. Read Be Brighter with Breakfast for Secondary Students
as a group
2. Individually write one (1) question from the fact sheet
- Ex. Multiple choice, True/False, Short answer
3. Quiz your group
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Passport to Learning
“The Importance of Breakfast”
Station
Review Question
#1
True/False
Eating Breakfast provides energy to be alert during
school and sports.
#2
True/False belongs to Meat and Alternatives
Eggs are part of the Milk and Alternatives food group.
#3
True /False
A “Grab and Go” breakfast can be nutritious. Please
provide an example- Baby carrots, cheese stick,
multigrain bagel
#4
True/False
Skipping breakfast is an effective form of maintaining a
healthy weight teens who eat breakfast are more likely
to be at a healthier weight than teens who skip breakfast!
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