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Are You What You Eat?

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Lesson Plan

Understanding Your Diet

Help 11th-grade students understand how their eating habits impact their health by reflecting on their current diet and setting personal nutrition goals.

By connecting daily eating patterns to overall health, students can make informed decisions to improve their lifestyle and achieve long-term wellness.

Audience

11th Grade Students

Time

30 Minutes

Approach

Self-reflection guided by interactive materials and activities.

Materials

Understanding Your Diet, Food And You (Slide Deck), and Personal Nutrition Assessment (Worksheet)

Prep

Lesson Preparation

5 Minutes

Step 1

Introduction & Engagement

5 Minutes

  • Welcome students and introduce the lesson focus: linking personal diet to overall lifestyle.
  • Briefly discuss why healthy eating is crucial for personal well-being.

Step 2

Self-Reflection Activity

10 Minutes

Step 3

Interactive Discussion

5 Minutes

  • Facilitate a discussion about the insights students discovered from their assessments.
  • Use slides from Food And You (Slide Deck) to illustrate key nutrition concepts.

Step 4

Goal Setting & Wrap-Up

5 Minutes

  • Guide students in setting one or two personal nutrition goals based on the assessment and discussion.
  • Summarize the link between personal diet choices and overall health, and offer encouragement to pursue their nutrition goals.
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Slide Deck

Food And You

Explore how your everyday food choices tie into your overall health and lifestyle.

Introduce the concept of 'Food And You'. Explain that this slide deck will guide students through key nutrition concepts. Emphasize why understanding their daily eating habits can help improve overall health.

Eat Balanced, Live Well

Understand the role of proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, and minerals in keeping your body energized and healthy.

Discuss the basic components of a healthy diet. Touch upon macronutrients (proteins, fats, carbohydrates) and micronutrients (vitamins, minerals). Highlight the importance of balance and variety in meals.

The Balanced Plate

Aim for a colorful plate: mix veggies, fruits, proteins, and grains to ensure variety and nutrition.

Reinforce the idea of moderation and variety in diet. Compare a balanced plate versus an unbalanced one. Include visuals of a balanced plate, ideally colorful food images.

Reflect on Your Plate

How do your current eating habits compare with a balanced diet? What improvements can you make?

Encourage discussion around personal eating habits. Ask students to reflect how their current diet compares with the ideal nutritional guidelines. Pause for Q&A.

Key Takeaways

Healthy eating is about balance, variety, and making mindful choices that support your lifestyle.

Summarize the discussion and key takeaways. Reinforce the relationship between food, energy, mood, and overall health.

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Worksheet

Personal Nutrition Assessment Worksheet

This worksheet is designed to help you reflect on your eating habits and identify ways to improve your nutrition. Complete the sections below as thoughtfully as possible.


1. Tracking Your Meals

List the meals and snacks you have in a typical day. Include details about what you ate, when, and any notes about portion sizes or ingredients.





Meal 1 (Breakfast):






Meal 2 (Lunch):






Meal 3 (Dinner):






Snacks:





2. Nutritional Strengths and Areas for Improvement

Reflect on your meal tracking. What do you think are the strengths of your current diet? What nutritional areas do you feel could be improved (e.g., more vegetables, less sugar)?





Strengths:






Areas for Improvement:





3. Setting Personal Nutrition Goals

Based on your analysis, set one or two specific goals that you can work on to improve your eating habits. These goals should be realistic, measurable, and attainable over time.





Goal 1:






Goal 2:





Take a few moments to review your responses and consider small changes you can implement to support a healthier lifestyle.

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