102 Unit 2 Nutrition and Food Choices
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26. Reduce Health Risks. Exercise, along with eating
healthy, is one of the key factors in obesity prevention.
Getting 30–60 minutes of exercise a day can greatly
decrease your risk of obesity and other diseases, put
you in a better mood, and just be fun! So don’t sit, get
fi t! For each day of the week, write one or two activities
you can do to get moving. After each day, make a
note regarding what you accomplished toward your
exercise goal.
27. Practice Healthy Behaviors and Reduce Health
Risks. Imagine that you have been elected to a
Healthy High School Vending Machine committee,
and it is your job to determine which foods your high
school’s vending machines will include. List at least
fi ve healthy criteria that foods must pass to be in the
machines. Write a paragraph explaining how the new
options will enhance student health.
28. Comprehend Concepts. Create six superhero
cartoon characters to represent each of the six
nutrients. Draw each character and give him or her a
creative name. Underneath each drawing, write the
following information about each character: What are
this character’s “super powers” (what he or she does
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for the body)? How did this character get his or her
super powers? Where is this character found? Include
at least three foods that provide each nutrient.
29. Comprehend Concepts. Label a piece of paper from
A to Z. For each letter, write a word or phrase that starts
with that letter and pertains to nutrition in some way.
Next, write a paragraph about what you learned from
this chapter using as many of the words or phrases
from your list as possible. You must use at least 10 of
the terms, but your goal is to use them all.
30. Access Information. Create a menu that includes
all of your favorite foods and their nutrition
information. Divide your favorite foods into fi ve
categories: appetizers (4 items), main courses (6
items), side dishes (5 items), desserts (at least
2 items), and beverages (at least 2 items). Once
you have listed your favorite foods by category,
research the nutrition information of all the items
on your menu. Finally, create a visually pleasing
menu with your foods listed by category, their
nutrition information, your restaurant name, and
pictures. Print your menu to show to the class. At
whose "restaurant" would you want to eat?
Hands-On Activity
Healthy Tip of the Day Calendar
Create a 30-day calendar of healthy eating tips. Write a catchy title for your calendar and include a different
healthy eating tip for each day. Include at least fi ve pieces of art and verify that all of your tips enhance health. When
you are done with your calendar, distribute it to a few of your friends to encourage their healthy eating habits.
Example:
Eating Your Way to Good Health
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
21
Wait for 15
minutes to go
for seconds;
you may
fi nd you are
already full.
22
Trade in that
sugary soda for
a glass of low-
fat or fat-free
milk.
23
Record
everything that
you eat today.
You might be
surprised to
see how much
you’re eating.
24
Substitute fruit
for a sugary
snack.
25
Don’t skip
meals. Skipping
a meal can
lower your
metabolism by
fi ve percent,
enough to gain
a pound every
month.
26
Sample a new
nutritious food
today.
27
Sit down with
your parents
and help plan a
week of healthy
meals.
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