Class Activity

1. Name 10 food items sold at an amusement park.

2. Into which food group does each belong?

Food groups:

1. Foods from plants - grains

2.Fruits and vegetables

3.Dairy and Meat group

4.Fats, oils, and sweets

3.How much salt, sugar or fat is there in this food? Use Food Finder to find the calories, fat grams, cholesterol and sodium content of specific foods. See other internet sites below for help.

4. Is this food item considered nutritious? (Yes or No)

 

Food Item	Food Group	Salt	Sugar	Fat	Nutritious??

Internet sites for further exloration

• International Food Information Council Foundation
• Nutrition (Episode of Bill Nye The Science Guy)
• Food Finder: Find the calories, fat grams, cholesterol and sodium content of specific foods.
• Cyber Diet: This site is mainly focused on dieting but it has good topics: assessment tools, food facts, recipe index, exercise tips, and much more. You can ask questions on it.
• Prevention Magazine's Healthy Ideas: Main focus of this site is on Women's health. It also contains good topics on nutrition.
• Other sites about food and cooking: includes food safety, gourmet cooking, recipes.