Tackling Unhealthy Food Choices

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Tackling Unhealthy Food Choices

• Promoting healthy eating habits among teens

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Problem

• Middle school students have more freedom to make
  decisions about what they eat for breakfast.
• Students are not making healthy food choices.
• How can we get students at IS143 to make
  healthier food choices?

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What factors do you think influence students
food choices in the morning?

• Cost
• Time
• Taste/ flavor
• Access, what is available
• Home
• Cafeteria selection
• Lack of knowledge/ limited knowledge
• Issues/ concerns about weight

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What are the parts of a healthy breakfast?

• http//kidshealth.org/teen/food_fitness/nutrition/
  breakfast_sheet.htmlcat20132

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Why are some foods healthier choices?

• http//highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072507470/s
  tudent_view0/chapter25/animation__nutrient_density
  _comparator.html
• http//highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072507470/s
  tudent_view0/chapter25/animation__relationship_of_
  nutrient_needs_to_age_and_gender.html

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Are you eating what your body needs?
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Can unhealthy foods be made healthier?

• http//highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072507470/s
  tudent_view0/chapter25/animation__calories_in_a_sa
  ndwich.html

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Task 1

• As a group discuss what policies could be adopted
  at IS 143 to encourage students to make healthier
  eating choices for breakfast.

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Developing Public Policy Solutions

• Use Worksheet 5 Developing Public Policy
  Solutions
• http//www2.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/ppas/worksheet5
  .html
• Be specific! Include who will be involved, what
  will be done and when.
• You may research school programs or policies that
  have been successful/ unsuccessful in other
  schools.

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Task 2

• Select the best solution of the three public
  policy solutions you have suggested.
• Use Worksheet6 Selecting the best public policy
  solution and the matrix available at
  http//www2.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/ppas/worksheet6
  .html to evaluate and justify your decision.