Check Out My Diet

1. Check Out My Diet Marcie Paglione and Blake Read

2. Bell Ringer • 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!

3. The Components of Healthy Eating • Based on My Plate food groups

4. My Plate: Fruits • Any fruit or 100% fruit juice • Make half of your plate fruits and vegetables • Examples: Apples, strawberries, cantaloupe, and 100% fruit grapefruit juice

5. My Plate: Vegetables • 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

6. My Plate: Protein Foods • 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

7. My Plate: Grains • 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

8. My Plate: Dairy • 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

9. Factors That Influence Healthy Eating • What are some things that affect how you decide what you are going to eat? • Dietary restrictions • Availability of food items • Personal skills in cooking and food prep

10. 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?

11. Influences: Packaging, Marketing, & Advertising • Packaging • Phrases like “low fat” and “heart healthy” • Marketing and Advertising • Catered to age groups • Celebrity Endorsements

12. Celebrity Endorsements

13. Check Out My Diet • 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 • You will each fill out your own sheet • $15 dollar budget - Plan carefully! • Remember what we have just talked about with My Plate criteria!

14. Check Out My Diet Worksheet

15. 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

16. Reflection Questions • 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?

17. Whip Around • 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.