Nutrition in the

Classroom
By: Paige and Shaelyn
Activity:
1) Get into groups using four tables
2) Choose your favourite food on your table?
3) Make the healthiest lunch possible
4) You only have $5 now, how does that affect
your choices.
 Lethbridge, Alberta (map)

Total all income groups $50,000 and over Median total income

Family Family 2014 2015 2016 2014 2015 2016 2014 2015 2016
type composition

Number Dollars

Couple Families with 1

5,060 5,120 5,130 4,450 4,530 4,570 107,570 106,870 107,650
families child

Families with 2
children 5,020 5,070 5,150 4,520 4,630 4,720 116,530 119,000 118,910

Families with 3 or
more children 3,500 3,580 3,640 3,060 3,170 3,280 99,690 105,690 105,520

https://www.statista.com/statistics/241530/birth-rate-by-family-income-in-the-us/.
 A couple of facts:
- The number of people relying on Food Banks is increasing
- 863,492 people went to the food bank in March 2016
- 36% of that number are children and youth
 Healthy Food vs. Unhealthy Food

Children should get at most: 25 grams of sugar a day

● Children
Apple Juice:should
10 gramsget 30 grams
of added sugar of fiber a day
● ● 100 carrots
Pop-Tarts Children
pack: 24 grams should consume
of added sugar no more than: 2300
● ● 15 slices
Snickers: of Pepperoni
47 grams
grams pizza daily
ofofsugar
sodium
● ● 150 green
Coca-Cola: 208bell peppers
● grams
Small of added
bag sugar 5702 grams of sodium
of Doritos:
● 0 grams of fiber in sunny D
● Pizza Lunchable: 630 grams of sodium
● 2 slices of pepperoni Pizza: 1180 grams of sodium
● Ramen noodles: 2036 grams of sodium
https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/1c291796-4eb0-4073-be8e-bce2d331f9ce/resource/e490243c-1
e15-48cf-bd0e-20c47cd67f47/download/nutrition-guidelines-ab-children-youth-2011.pdf
https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/1c291796-4eb0-4073-be8e-bce2d331f9ce/resource/e490243c-1e15-4
8cf-bd0e-20c47cd67f47/download/nutrition-guidelines-ab-children-youth-2011.pdf
Check this out!
http://www.lethsd.ab.ca/documents/general/50411%20Healthy%20Nutritional%20
Choices.pdf
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