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Welcome!. Find you seat quietly while I take role. This is not a Test but please treat it like one. Do NOT share your answers with your neighbor!. Choose My Plate. Unit 6 – Food and Nutrition. Grains Can I have a volunteer?. The average need for grains is 6 ounces per day Rice or Pasta

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  1. Welcome! • Find you seat quietly while I take role. • This is not a Test but please treat it like one. Do NOT share your answers with your neighbor!

  2. Choose My Plate Unit 6 – Food and Nutrition

  3. GrainsCan I have a volunteer? • The average need for grains is 6 ounces per day • Rice or Pasta • 1 oz. is about ½ cup or the size of a small computer mouse • Bread • 1 oz. or 1 slices is about the size of a cd cover • Dry cereal • 1 oz. or 1 cup, about the size of a baseball • For the most nutrition, select whole grain, enriched, or fortified grain products. Fortified foods have added vitamins or minerals not naturally present in the foods.

  4. VegetablesVolunteer? • You need 2 ½ cups of vegetables every day • Baked potato • 1 medium, about the size of a computer mouse • Vegetables/Salad • 1 cup which is about the size of a baseball

  5. FruitsVolunteer? • You need an average of 2 cups of fruit every day • Apples, oranges • Small, about 2 ½ inches in diameter - about the size of a tennis ball • Raisins or dried fruit • ½ cup of sliced fruit or the size of a computer mouse

  6. DairyVolunteer? • You need 3 cups • Fat-free/Low-fat milk • A 1 cup serving is the same as an 8oz milk carton • Cheese • 1 1/2 oz. serving is around the 3 dice. *Counts as 1 cup • Ice cream • ½ cup is about the size of ½ a baseball

  7. ProteinVolunteer? • You need 5 ½ ounces of lean meat • Lean beef or Poultry • 3 ounce serving is like the size of a deck of cards • Grilled or baked fish • 3 ounce serving is about the size of a checkbook • Peanut butter • 2 tablespoon serving is about the size of a ping-pong ball *Counts as 1 oz.

  8. OilsVolunteer? • Oils are fats that are liquid at room temperature, like the vegetable oils used in cooking. Oils come from many different plants and from fish. Oils are NOT a food group, but they provide essential nutrients. Therefore, oils are included in USDA food patterns. • You need about 6 oz. of oils per day • Foods that are naturally high in oils:

  9. Portion Distortion Increased portions sizes over the last 20 years has led to and epidemic of obesity in the United States. Watch the video and answer the questions!

  10. choosemyplate.gov

  11. MyPlate Activity • You will create a nutritionally sound plate according to our government guidelines using a paper plate and colored pencils. • You may choose to do a meal for breakfast, lunch or dinner. • Your meal must consist of items you would actually eat. • Label each item and the quantity of the item.

  12. Portion Distortion • Portion Distortion Quiz

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