Food Guidelines CHS Health

CDC Obesity Prevalence

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MyPlate is the current nutrition guide published by the United States Department of Agriculture, a food circle (i.e. a pie chart) depicting a place setting with a plate and glass divided into five food groups. It replaced the USDA's MyPyramid guide on June 2, 2011, ending 19 years of USDA food pyramid diagrams.

Dietary Guidelines for Americans ● A set of recommendations about smart eating and physical activity for all Americanso Can be summed up by

MyPlate

MyPlate Walk-about Activity

Now that you know the dietary guidelines lets test your ability to apply them.

In your groups come up with 3 ideas demonstrating how someone could apply each guideline and post it.

Think-Pair-Share

Choose MyPlate 10 tips to a great plate…

THINK - Read the tips and star those that you or your family have/or are using

PAIR - Share with a partner the items that you have starred and also address how you could use these tips in your daily life

SHARE - As a class

Sugar Rush Activity On a notecard, rank these beverages in order of sugar content (grams)

1=Most 6=Least

Coke Gatorade Vitamin Water Red Bull 1% Chocolate Milk

1

12 fl. oz 20 fl.oz 20 fl. oz 12 fl. oz 16 fl. oz

Sugar Rush ActivityGo stand which by which beverage you think has the MOST grams of sugar

40 grams44 grams 38 grams 35 grams 32 grams

**4 grams = 1 teaspoon