Transcript Healthy Eating and Exercise

Nutrition for Kids 101
Presenter: Joey Peutz
University of Idaho Extension
Facilitator: Maureen Toomey
University of Idaho Extension
Welcome
• Joey Peutz
– County Extension Faculty
– Food stamp nutrition education
– Administered the New Communities
CYFAR grant/program for five years
• Maureen Toomey
– Supervises Idaho CYFAR programs
– CYFERNET
Welcome
• What do you hope to
achieve or obtain from
this class?
Objectives
• Describe why it is important to incorporate
nutrition education into youth programming
• Develop a basic understanding of the child
nutrition needs
• Identify three resources available to
enhance child nutrition
Why should you incorporate nutrition
education into your program(s)?
• Children are twice as likely to
eat french fries than any
individual vegetable.
• Children are only eating a total
of one serving of fruit, 100%
juice and/or vegetables at
dinner.
• Over 50% of all snacks eaten by
children are cookies, desserts,
potato chips, other salty snacks,
candy and gum.
http://www.dole5aday.com/Teachers/p
dfs/ExplodingPyramid.pdf
How much physical
activity is needed?
• About 60 minutes a day of moderate
physical activity may be needed to prevent
weight gain. For those who have lost
weight, at least 60 to 90 minutes a day
may be needed to maintain the weight
loss. At the same time, calorie needs
should not be exceeded. Children and
teenagers should be physically active for
at least 60 minutes every day, or most
days.
Activities
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“Noodles”
Hola Hoops
Parachute
Balloons
Colored Sand Pails
& Food Models
Make Half Your Grains Whole!
• Eat at least 3 ounces of whole grain bread,
cereal, rice, pasta, or crackers every day.
• Look for the word “whole” before the grain
name in the list of ingredients.
Grains help my nerves,
brain and digestion. They
give me energy so I can run
and play.
Activity: Super Whole Grain Guy/Gal
• Supplies needed: Pipe cleaners, small knot pretzels, cheerios,
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Pinwheel or bow tie pasta, and napkins.
• Step 1. Wrap pretzel on top of pipe cleaner.
• Step 2. Wrap bow tie or pinwheel pasta on time around pipe
cleaner.
• Step 3. Loop pipe cleaner thru pasta to make arms, try to make
them even.
• Step 4. Put 6 cheerios on each arm and pinch ends to make
hands.
• Step 5. Take another pipe cleaner and fold it in half. Slip it
between the pretzel (Head) and pasta (Body) and hang down in
two even pieces to make legs.
• Step 6. Add 12 cheerios to each leg and pinch ends to make
feet.
• Step 7. Use a napkin cut in a triangle or Kleenex to make a cape
to make “Super Grain Guy”.
Vary Your Veggies!
Dark Green Vegetables = 1 1/2 cups
weekly
Orange Vegetables = 1 cup weekly
Dry Beans & Peas = 1 cup weekly
Starchy Vegetables = 2 1/2 cups weekly
Other Vegetables = 4 1/2 cups weekly
Focus on Fruits!
• Eat a variety of fruits
• Choose fresh, frozen, canned or
dried fruits
• Go easy on the fruit juices
Activity:
Fruits (and/or Vegetables): More Matters
• 1. Explain that you need the children’s help in playing the “Brown Bag
Guessing Game.”
• 2. Children will guess the foods that are in the brown paper bag.
They are not allowed to look in the bags, only to feel the food with
their hands and try to make their best guess. All the children should
have a chance to feel what is inside each bag. If the children guess
the food, do not reveal the food until everybody has had their turn.
Say something like, “You could be right!”
• 3. After all the children had had a chance to guess the foods reveal
what is inside each bag one by one.
• 4. As you are showing the children the different foods that are in the
bag ask questions like,
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Have you ever tried this food?
Do you like this food?
What type of food is it?
Where does this food fit on the Food Guide Pyramid?
How does this food grow?
What vitamin or mineral do you think we would find in this food?
Limit Your Extras!
• Make most of your fat
sources from fish,
nuts and vegetable
oils
• Limit solid fats like
butter, stick
margarine, shortening
and lard
Get Your Calcium
Rich Foods!
• Go low-fat and fat free
• If you don’t or can’t consumer milk,
choose lactose free products or other
calcium sources.
Activities:
• Sticky Note Activity
– Once children understand how important it is to keep bones strong by eating
calcium, getting plenty of weight-bearing exercise, and protecting our bones
when we are physically active we are going to learn the names of some of our
bones.
– 1. Give each youth “Your Skeleton” handout. Have them partner with someone
– 2. Fold the “Your Skeleton handout in half so that on student uses the bones on
the left side of the skeleton and one uses the right side.
– 3. Each youth receives sticky notes. Each youth will write the name of the bone
and place the sticky note on their partner.
– 4. Have youth check their partners work.
• Hunt for Calcium Foods in My Home
– Have children complete the “Hunt for Calcium Foods in My Home” sheet. Have
them work with their parents or older brother or sister to complete the sheet.
Go Lean on Protein!
• Choose low-fat or lean meats and
poultry
• Bake it, broil it, or grill it
• Vary your choices--with more fish,
beans, peas, nuts, and seeds
Incorporate Reading!
• Read a story about
nutrition, cooking,
eating new foods, etc.
– List of possible books
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