MyPyramid: Steps to a Healthier You!

1. MyPyramid: Steps to a Healthier You! Inside the Pyramid By: Alicia Bellisario www.mypyramid.gov

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3. Learner • Students grades 9-10 • Average learning abilities • No previous exposure to MyPyramid • Can follow direction well

4. Environment • Basic health class • Introductory foods class • Computer access

5. Objectives • Following the completion of this lesson students will be able to correctly identify the foods and guidelines for each food group as well as the recommended daily amounts for each group on a 2,000 calorie diet.

6. What is the most important tool for a healthy diet and lifestyle?

8. Today you will learn: • The 5 food groups • Physical activity and MyPyramid • Recommended daily intake

9. Meet Mr. Appetite! He’s mighty hungry! As you gather information about MyPyramid his stomach will fill with food. Can you fill him up? Let’s Get started!

10. Main Menu Grains Vegetables Fruits Milk Meat and Beans Physical Activity Quiz

11. Any food made from wheat, rice, oats, cornmeal, barley, or cereal grain is part of the Grains Group!

12. The grains group is divided into two subgroups: (click to learn more) Whole Grains Refined Grains Continue

13. Whole grains contain the entire grain (bran, germ, & endosperm) Examples

14. Whole wheat bread Bulgur Brown rice Rye Popcorn Oatmeal Whole cornmeal Whole wheat cereal

15. Refined grains go through a process called milling which removes the bran and germ leaving just the endosperm Examples

16. Cornbread White rice Grits Pasta Crackers Tortillas White Bread Pretzels

17. Grains are an important part of your everyday diet. So how much do you need per day? On a 2,000 calorie diet.

18. 6 ounces! How much is that? = 1 slice of bread • 1 ounce = 1 cup of cereal = ½ cup cooked rice or pasta

19. If on Monday Mr. Appetite eats a sandwich with 2 pieces of bread, a cup of cereal, half of a bagel, and a cup of pasta with meatballs, has he eaten enough grains? Yes No

20. Yes? Correct! He’s eaten 6 ounces.

21. No? Sorry, that’s incorrect, here’s why… 2 pieces of bread = 2 oz 1 cup of cereal = 1 oz ½ of a bagel = 1 oz 1 cup of pasta = 2 oz 6 oz!

22. Think you have a hold on the grains group? Yes Let’s continue No Let’s review

23. Hello Mr. Appetite! Mmm… grains! But I’m still hungry! Keep Learning!

24. Any 100% vegetable juice, or vegetable (raw/cooked, fresh/frozen, canned, dried, whole, cut, or mashed) is a part of the Vegetable Group!

25. There are 5 subgroups in the vegetable group:(click to learn more) Dark Green Orange Dry Beans & Peas Starchy Other

26. Dark Green Vegetables broccoli collard greens mesclun romaine lettuce spinach watercress kale

27. Orange Vegetables spinach butternut squash carrots pumpkin sweet potatoes

28. Dry Beans & Peas black beans kidney beans pinto beans black-eyed peas soy beans tofu lima beans

29. Starchy Vegetables corn green beans green lima beans potatoes

30. Other Vegetables asparagus cabbage cauliflower celery cucumber iceberg lettuce mushrooms onions tomatoes/ juice vegetable juice zucchini

31. Vegetables are an important part of your everyday diet. So how much do you need per day? On a 2,000 calorie diet.

32. 2 ½ Cups! How much is that? • 1 cup = the size of a baseball

33. If on Tuesday Mr. Appetite eats ¼ of a cup of vegetables from each subgroup, has he eaten enough vegetables? Yes No

34. No? Correct! He’s only 1 ¼ cups. He needs 1 ¼ cups more.

35. Yes? Sorry, that’s incorrect, here’s why… ¼ cup x 5 subgroups = 1 ¼ cups Daily amount = 2 ½ cups

36. Think you have a hold on the vegetable group? Yes Let’s continue No Let’s review

37. Hello Mr. Appetite! More food? Yum!Broccoli, my favorite! But I’m still hungry… Keep Learning!

38. Any fruit or 100% fruit juice is a part of the Fruit Group!

39. Are all of the fruits in the fruit group fresh? Yes No

40. No? That’s correct! Let’s learn more.

41. Yes? Sorry, that’s incorrect, Let’s learn why..

42. Fruits in the fruit group may be: frozen fresh canned dried whole cut pureed

43. Some examples are: apples avocados bananas berries grapefruit grapes lemons melons oranges peaches pears plums raisins orange juice apple juice grape juice

44. Fruits are an important part of your everyday diet. So how much do you need per day? On a 2,000 calorie diet.

45. 2 Cups! How much is that? • 1 cup = the size of a baseball

46. If on Wednesday Mr. Appetite eats 2 baseballs worth of fruit, has he eaten enough fruits? Yes No

47. Yes? Correct! He’s eaten 2 cups.

48. No? Sorry, that’s incorrect, here’s why… 1 baseball = 1 cup 2 baseballs = 2 cups Daily amount = 2 cups

49. Think you have a hold on the fruit group? Yes Let’s continue No Let’s review

50. Hello Mr. Appetite! Goodie goodie gumdrops, you’re back with more food! I don’t think you brought enough though… Keep Learning!