Teaching Nutrition & Nutrition Resources by Beth Sanchez

1. Teaching Nutrition & Nutrition Resources by Beth Sanchez

2. Today’s Objectives • Inform you of all the free resources available to you • Provide you with ideas of how to promote nutrition in your classrooms, schools and community

3. Agenda • Personal Background • OPHEA • Teaching nutrition and why our role is so important • Making connections to Literacy, Math and Physical Activity • Free resources to help you teach nutrition

4. A little bit of background • Bachelor of Ed student • Lifelong interest in health, fitness and nutrition • Personal Trainer and Coach • Attended OPHEA conference in October 2011 • Member of Comprehensive School Health Cohort

5. OPHEA Conference • Training and Workshops • Networking • Resource Materials • Diverse Speakers

6. Nutrition Education • Why teach nutrition? • “Healthy eating patterns in childhood and adolescence promote optimal health, growth, and intellectual development” -Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Guidelines for School Health Programs to Promote Lifelong Healthy Eating, MMWR 1996;45 (N0.RR-9), p.1.

7. Connection to Academic Success • Well-nourished children have: • Decreased lateness and absenteeism • Improved behaviour • Less anxiety • More effective coping skills • Increased alertness Pate, RR. Ross, JG. 1987. Factors associated with health-related fitness. Journal of Physical Education and Recreation Dance. 58(9):93-5

8. Impact of Teachers • Elementary school teachers have a potentially greater influence on a child’s health than any other person outside of the home. Ontario Society of Nutrition Professionals in Public Health School Nutrition Workgroup. 2004 Call to Action: Creating a Healthy School Nutrition Environment

9. Key Nutrition Messages • Daily Breakfast • Meals consisting of 3-4 food groups • Snacks consisting of 1-2 food groups • Increase consumption: • vegetables and fruits • milk and alternatives • non-sweetened drinks • Always positive messaging

10. Nutrition - Literacy ConnectionsActivity: Glorious Foods • Circle any food and drinks you had yesterday • if an exact food isn’t there, circle a food that is similar (e.g. circle pork chops for pork tenderloin) • Fold page in half and then in to thirds to make six equal sections • Four sections each represent a food group and the last section represents ‘other food’ • compare to food guide, use for goal setting

11. Nutrition - Literacy ConnectionsActivity: Rhyme Time • Reading and writing nutrition and food related rhymes • classroom activity, school wide activity, publish in newsletter • Connect topic to grade specific healthy eating expectations, connect to music • DPA connection - match each rhyme to a card suit and action or pick a card and class reads related rhyme while performing related action

12. Activity: Rhyme Time Broccoli and spinach Strong bones they help build Bones for sport, bones for health Make sure your plate is filled Dried apricots have iron Iron helps you learn Learn in school, learn at home Good grades you will earn

13. Activity: Rhyme Time Oranges, berries and red peppers Helping keep a healthy you Healthy gums, healing cuts Preventing sickness too Green, yellow and orange Are the veggies you should pick Healthy eyes, skin and hair Daily eating does the trick

14. Nutrition - Literacy Connections • Fuel up for fun magazine • Menu planning • Public Health Unit

15. Health Canada • Canada Food Guide available in 12 languages • Canada Food Guide for First Nation and Inuit and Metis • Download “A Resource for Educators & Communicators” & “Eat Well Be Active Toolkit” www.health.gc.ca/eatwell-beactive • Nutrition Labels Education • Example: Activity Plan 2: A day in the life of Florence • My Food Guide • My Food Tracker

17. Physical Activity Connections • Balanced meals milling to music • Food group tag - “lunchbag” has to create a balanced meal

18. Numeracy ConnectionsSugar Activity • Guess and count amount of sugar • Make sugar models (amount in a can of Coke) • 1 tsp sugar = 4g sugar (4.2g) • Suggested max 6tsp added sugar per day • Calculate for repeated days/months • Nutrition Facts Table • look at sugar, sugar calculations over time • Graph amounts of sugar vs. other nutrients

19. Numeracy Connections Activity: Cooking in The Classroom • Kids love to cook! • Halving and doubling the recipe • 1 tsp is what fraction of a tbsp? • If the recipe is started at 1:00pm, will it be finished by 2:00pm? • How many different ways can you cut a 30x30 pan of granola bars in equal pieces? • What is the smallest pan size that can be used for these ingredients? • Will the total volume of ingredients in this recipe fit in a 30x30x4cm pan?

20. Numeracy Connections Activity: Grocery StoreFlyers • Comparing cost of different food items • Interpreting information • sales, price by weight, price per each • Compare cost of ‘Lunchable’ vs. buying healthier parts separately • Costing a balanced meal

21. Numeracy Connections Activity: Compare Nutrition Labels • Look at the amounts of food • % of DVs • 5% DV or less is a little • 15% DV or more is a lot • Choose which is better and explain why you think it is a better choice?

22. Dairy Farmers of Ontario • www.teachnutrition.org • lesson plans, activities, posters, newsletter clips • Power to Play • Power4bones: register, secret box, 7 x 30min lessons • nutrition quizzes, games • www.milk.org • teacher resources: BLM, posters, activity sheets, recipes • student resources:virtual farm tours, Royal Agricultural Winter Fair

23. Dairy Farmers of Ontario • Facts on Snacks • brochure • quick and easy snack ideas - cooking class, incorporate math • Guidelines for Connections to the Curriculum • Example Grade 1: • Health Living -food guide and choices, why we need food • Understanding Life Systems and Needs of Living Things • Canada and World Connections - The Local Community (occupations and how they meet our needs)

24. Dairy Farmers of Ontario • Elementary School milk program • kit • fridge fulfillment • how to choose the right dairy farm • free materials: artwork, tracking workbook, class list, milk tickets, parent letters, order forms, tips • www.milkinschool.ca

26. Concerned Children’s Advertisers • http://play.longlivekids.ca/ • Games • Recipes • Parent guides

27. VeggieMania • Play in pairs - pass out cards, give clues and try to guess what your partner has • Divide class in to two groups - have a team competition • Memory Game • Card Games

28. OPHEA • www.everyonejump.ca • www.playsport.ca • H & PE resources

29. How can we make a difference in our schools? • Deliver a lunch and learn workshop on nutrition resources to the school staff • Challenge students to bring in litter-less lunches at least one day per week • Freggie Fridays • Newsletter clips • Any other ideas or suggestions?

30. Nutrition Websites & Resource List www.atmybest.ca www.teachnutrition.org www.milk.org www.milkinschool.ca www.everyonejump.ca www.playsport.ca www.ophea.net www.health.gc.ca www.eatrightontario.ca www.dairyfarmers.ca www.breakfastforleaning.ca www.dieticians.ca/eatwell www.pheanada.ca www.ontario.teachnutrition.org www.ciraontario.com/ehr/page

31. Questions? Thank you!