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2/6/14 Project Earth Agenda Nutrition Survey (15 min.) Collect recycling! Q3 = Food Issues!

2/6/14 Project Earth Agenda Nutrition Survey (15 min.) Collect recycling! Q3 = Food Issues! Nutrition Facts & Food Labels (class notes) What’s in your food? (individual activity). Sign up for recycling collection duties below:

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2/6/14 Project Earth Agenda Nutrition Survey (15 min.) Collect recycling! Q3 = Food Issues!

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  1. 2/6/14 Project Earth Agenda Nutrition Survey (15 min.) Collect recycling! Q3 = Food Issues! Nutrition Facts & Food Labels (class notes) What’s in your food? (individual activity)

  2. Sign up for recycling collection duties below: • Announce for bins & Recycling Weigher (1) _________________ • Weight math on the board (1) _____________________ • Classrooms (2) _____________________ • Main Office, Teacher’s Room (2) _______________________ • Multi, Computer Lab & Admin wing (2) _______________________ • Art room (1) ______________________________ • Cardboard from Multi (1) ___________________________ • Bottles & Cans (2) ___________________________________

  3. “Nutrition Facts” • Mandated to be on most foods in • U.S. in 1990 by the FDA • FDA = Food & Drug Administration "Milestones in U.S. Food and Drug Law History". FDA. Retrieved 11 February 2013.

  4. “Nutrition Facts” • What is on the nutrition facts label? • Serving size (recommended amount to eat at once) • # of servings per container • Amount of _______ per serving • % Daily Values • % of substance you should be getting per day in a 2,000 calorie diet • Ingredient list

  5. “Ingredient Lists” • Order of ingredients • Listed in order, by weight • #1 = “the most” • Last ingredient = “the • least” • What are all of these things? • Preservatives (artificial & natural) • Help maintain “freshness” of food • Added flavors & coloring (artificial & natural) • Added vitamins (artificial & natural) • & even some actual food!

  6. “Ingredient Lists” • 3. And so much… • Other names for “sweeteners” • 4 grams of sugar = 1 teaspoon http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/carbohydrates/added-sugar-in-the-diet/

  7. Your Ingredient Lists • Write out ingredient list. • Label each ingredient as either: • Real food • Preservative • Sugar • Artificial flavoring • Added vitamin • Answer reflection question at the end.

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