Transcript Slide 1

Assignments
Due Tuesday
• Choose & Submit a
Smoothie Recipe For
Your Group
Due Thursday
• Track food and
exercise for 3
consecutive days.
Bring the log to class
on Thursday.
Learning Target
• I can identify the parts of the food guide
pyramid and how they relate to the new
myplate recommendations.
Orange
• Grains
• Eat 6 ounces of grains a day
• Try to eat at least 3 ounces of whole
grains
• Read the label and the first ingredient
should be whole
Green
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Vegetables
Eat 2 ½ cups a day
Fresh vegetables are healthier that cooked
Avoid vegetables cooked in butter or
cream
Red
• Fruits
• Eat 2 cups a day
• Fresh fruits are healthier than cooked or
canned
• Avoid fruits cooked in sugar
Yellow
• Fats and Oils
• Eat in moderation
• Olive oil is a healthier choice than
vegetable oil
• Avoid fried foods
Blue
• Dairy Group
• Eat three servings a day
• Low fat and fat free has more nutrition
than whole products
• Ice cream should be
eaten in moderation
Purple
• Meat and Beans
• Eat 6 ounces a day
• Try to eat lean meat
Steps
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Thirty to forty minutes three times a week
Clean
Walk
Swim
Play a sport
Garden
Having a healthy balanced diet
today will create a healthy and
balanced diet for the future.
My Plate
Serving Sizes
• 3 ounces of meat
• One deck of cards
• Medium Apple
• Tennis Ball
• One ounce of cheese
• Four stacked dice
• ½ cup of ice cream
• Tennis ball
• 1 cup of mashed
potatoes or broccoli
• Size of your fist
• 1 teaspoon of butter
or peanut butter
• Size of the tip of your
thumb