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1 Name: Date: 7th Grade Nutrition Activity This activity is to help you gather information about Nutrition. You will be using a worksheet and the computer to complete your assignment. Please follow the steps carefully. Have fun! This worksheet can be copied and used for instruction in class. Step 1: Everyone must go to: Nutrition Cafe There is a Link to this on Mr. Stec's 7th Grade Health Page. Step 2: Click on Nutrition Sleuth then Click on Open the Case Book Step 3: Click on Fast Food Phil Step 4: Fill in the missing nutrient Step 5: What are 2 foods in the Milk Group?

2 1. 2. Step 6: Click go back to case book Step 7: Click on Sleepy Sue Step 8: Fill in the missing nutrient. This Nutrient is important for Step 9: Click go back to case book Step 10: Click on Athletic Annie Step 11: Fill in the missing nutrient. This Nutrient helps the body to Step 12: Click go back to case book Step 13: Click on Bruiser Bill Step 14: Fill in the missing nutrient. This Nutrient helps the body to

3 For plenty of this nutrient a person should eat Step 15: Click go back to case book Step 16: Click on Squintin' Clinton Step 17: Fill in the missing nutrient. This Nutrient helps the body to are excellent sources of this nutrient. Step 18: Click go back to case book Step 19: Click on Cloudy Claudia Step 20: Fill in the missing nutrient. This Nutrient helps the body to get and into your bones and teeth. are excellent sources of this nutrient. Step 21: Click go back to case book Step 22: Click on Mama Mia

4 Step 23: Fill in the missing nutrient. This Nutrient. It also helps the body. and are excellent sources of this nutrient. Step 24: Click back to Nutrition Cafe Step 25: Click on Have a Bite Café. Step 26: Select your age and gender, then click on the arrow. Step 27: Click on Breakfast and then make your choices. (Include beverages, sides, etc.) My Breakfast choices were: This meal contained calories and grams of fat. Step 28: Go back to Nutrition café and then Have a Bite Café. Select a lunch menu for yourself and a then repeat the steps for dinner.

5 My Lunch choices were: This meal contained calories and grams of fat. My Dinner choices were: This meal contained calories and grams of fat. My total calories for the day were. How does this compare to what I should be eating per day? Step 29: Click on Grab a Grape Step 30: Choose the 4 following categories: *(Make sure you click on all four categories before you got step 31) Fast Foods Food Facts Food Basics Food and Sports

6 Step 31: Click on Lets Play Click on Food Basics #1- answer this question first. Then go to #2- answer this question and so on. As you go through each category you will write down the 3 CORRECT answers in each of the 4 categories. If you put in the wrong answer, you must find the correct answer and write it on your worksheet. Step 32: Place your correct answers below. Food Basics 1.Answer: 1.Question: 2.Answer: 2.Question: 3.Answer: 3.Question: Food Facts: 1.Answer: 1.Question:

7 2.Answer: 2.Question: 3.Answer: 3.Question: Fast Foods: 1.Answer: 1.Question: 2.Answer: 2.Question: 3.Answer: 3.Question: Food and Sports: 1.Answer: 1.Question: 2.Answer: 2.Question: 3.Answer: 3.Question:

8 Step 33: Click to see your score. What is it? Step 34: Click back to Nutrition Cafe Step 35: Click on More Nutrition Info Step 36: Click on Interactive Food Guide Pyramid (You may have to disable the pop-up blocker) The Food Pyramid will show up on the screen Step 37: Use the interactive Pyramid to complete the next part of this sheet. THE FOOD PYRAMID Scroll to the bottom of the page to "Physical Activity". Use the sub-categories to answer the following questions Teens should be moderately active for at least minutes most days of the week.

9 My Pyramid defines different activity levels based on the amount of time a person spends being physically active during the day. Define the following. Moderately Active: Vigorously Active: On upper left side of the page under "Subjects", click on "Food Groups" Each of the color bands represents one of five food groups and oils: Orange- Green- Red- Yellow- Blue- Purple-

10 Click on each of the food groups to complete the next section. Whole Grains Eat oz. of grain per day Some examples of what equals 1 oz are: Some examples Whole grains are: Vegetables You should eat of vegetables a day. There are 5 Subgroups of vegetables. 1. examples:

11 2. examples: 3. examples: 4. examples: 5. examples: Fruits Calcium Protein You should eat of fruit per day. One cup of fruit is about the size of. You should drink from the milk group per day. 1 cup equals,, or.

12 You should eat of meat & Beans per day. 1 oz equals,,,, or. Oils Limit your oils to per day. Oils are at room temperature. Some example of oils include,,,, and. Some foods naturally high in oils include,,, and. Discretionary calories come from, _,, and.

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