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Impact Report
| For plan | Nutrition Education and Behavior (Colfax County) |
| Date | November 3, 2009, 11:28 pm |
| For Objective | Short-term Show short-term objectives |
| Impact Report | “Cheeseburger Nutrition” Basic nutrition concepts are important for elementary school youth as they learn to make their own meal and snack choices while away from home. Young students grasp the concepts of the basic food groups and the foods within those groups better with a hands-on activity. Each year that the home economist presents this lesson to students, they are asked to help “build” a large fabric cheeseburger model to illustrate the five food groups found in the cheese burger. Twenty-two first grade students from Longfellow Elementary School in Raton participated in this year’s presentation. The students had a fun time learning about the food pyramid, the number of servings needed each day from these groups, and the importance of eating foods from the major food groups first before eating empty calorie foods with few, if any, nutrients. The Kid’s MyPyramid and basic nutrition handouts were given to the students to take home and share with their parents. After the presentation, the students “built” there own sandwiches with whole grain bread rounds, turkey, cheese and vegetables of their choice. The classroom teacher reported that students became more aware of the foods they were choosing to consume at least while at school. |