Nutrition- The Skinny on Salt, Fat and Sugar- CDC Health Standard 1
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- Easel Assessment
Description
This lesson gives specific details on what salt, fat and sugar does to our health and bodies. It also details what foods have too much of each and what to look for in your diet. Large color photos help students understand how much of each substance is in foods. Please note that this lesson plan can be broken up into 3 sections. One on Fat, one on Salt and one on Sugar. Clip art, printables, no prep needed, answer key. Distance learning appropriate.
Easel assessment is available for this lesson plan.
Included in this lesson is:
How the "big three"(sugar, salt and fat)- are included in our everyday foods to keep us addicted to buying them
information on Fat- saturated, trans fat being unhealthy and the healthy fat- unsaturated fat.
The health consequences of unhealthy fat
The foods that include the "unhealthy fats"
Which foods include the "healthy fat."
How much "good fat" should a person consume in a day
The health consequences of too much sugar in food
The foods that contain too much sugar
How much sugar a person should consume in a day
The health consequences of too much salt
The foods that contain too much salt
How much salt a person should consume in one day
Writing prompt
Personal Nutrition Assessment
Make a healthy menu activity
Test your Nutrition IQ assessment
Store: Health is Elementary
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