Food

Label Friday

Ms. Steeds Newsletter

steedh@my.easternct.edu

Upcoming Afterschool Programs 3:00-4:00:

Monday: After school snack cooking club
Tuesday: Field trip to the grocery store to
find healthy food options for not a lot of
money
Wednesday: After school dinner cooking club
Thursday: Physical activity day- hiking

This week students learned about how to read a

food label, what foods students should be eating,
and how ads can mislead you to the wrong foods.

Did you know?

On average one child is
exposed to 40,000
different TV ads per year.
Young children do not
have the cognitive
development to recognize
that what the ads can be
misleading.
Take the time with your
children to find out what
ads are persuading you to
buy a food that is not a
healthy choice.
Source: Dittmann, Melissa.
"Protecting Children from
Advertising, Vol 35, No. 6." 1 June
2004. Web. 15 Nov. 2015

Try substituting:
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Whole-wheat flour for white flour

Unsweetened applesauce for oils
Greek yogurt for sour cream
Ground turkey for ground beef
Egg whites for whole eggs including yolk
https://www.goredforwomen.org

1. Many make the mistake of thinking that o ne

container of a food or drink is the amount of
that you should eat. However, often the
serving size is much smaller.
2. When looking at calories you should take in
to consideration that 40 calories is very low,
100 calories is in the middle, and 400 calories
or more are very high. See if you can see how
many of the calories are coming from fat.
3. Fats, especially saturated fats and trans fats,
are not the best for you to be eating. This
section also will tell you the amount of
cholesterol and sodium, w hich you want to
limit your intake of.
4. These are your dietary fibers that most
people do not get enough of. By eating enough
of these you are improving your health
substantially.
In the columns next to the amounts for
these you will see the % daily value. This is
showing you how much each of these is
taking out of your diet so you can balance it
correctly.
www.fda.gov

Found on the FDA website

Grains: Half of all grains should be whole

grains. Examples are, whole-wheat flour,
oatmeal, whole cornmeal, brown rice
Fruits: Any fruit or 100% fruit juice.
Vegetables: Any fruit or 100% vegetable
juice
Protein: Should eat about 8 ounces of
cooked seafood a week. Protein includes,
meal, seafood, beans, eggs, nuts, and
seeds
Dairy: Should be fat-free or low-fat.
Examples would bee fat free milk.

Choosemyplate.gov