HEALTHY HABITS FOR LIFE A Common Sense Approach to Healthy Living- Grades 4/5 Leader Guide for Healthy Habits for Life Thank you for choosing Healthy Habits for Life: Your 6 Week Guide to Food and Fitness. This Leader Guide is designed as a series of slides. Teaching tips and activity ideas for each week are listed on the “Notes” section of the title slide for each week. Each slide was taken directly from the text of the book. Participants will find it easy to understand the lecture by following in their books. The slides are divided into: an introduction a presentation for each of the six weeks a summary You may down load them for free from this web site, save them on your hard drive and add to them or change them to suit your individual needs. General Guidelines The classes are designed to be taught in 6 one hour sessions but experience has shown that there is a lot of information to cover and the classes may be better taught dividing them slightly differently than the book is divided. Week Two (Eat Well) can really take two weeks to teach and Weeks 5 & 6 (Shop Smart and Fit It In) can both be covered in one session. There is enough material that the entire program could be extended to 8-10 weeks. It is very important at the beginning of the program to set some ground rules. The nature of the material lends itself to much class discussion. Participants should be made aware of the amount of material to be covered in one short hour and the need to be respectful of the time. It may be necessary to meet separately with particularly outspoken persons out side of class time to address personal issues. Ideally, each participant would have a one hour consultation before the beginning of the program to help them through some of the personal information in Week Two and becoming familiar with their goals, concerns, etc. Week Five

Shop Smart: Shopping for a Healthier You Reading Food Labels Keeping a Well-Stocked Kitchen

Grocery Shopping for a Healthier You Shop the perimeter of the store Read those food labels Be prepared to shop Be an informed shopper

Reading Food Labels Serving Sizes Nutrient Information Calories per Gram % Daily Value Trans Fat Rounding Nutritional Claims

Breads, Cereals, Rice and Pasta Look for whole grain products B-vitamins Fiber Low in fat

Fruits and Vegetables Great sources of Vitamins Minerals Fiber Most are fat free

Dairy Products Great source of Calcium Protein Vitamin D Many lowfat and fat free products available

Meat, Poultry, Fish, Dry Beans, Eggs and Nuts Pay attention to portion size and fat content Excellent source of: Protein Iron Zinc Vitamin B-12

Oils and Fats Pay attention to the type and amount you choose Great source of Vitamin E Essential fatty acids Energy

Sweets Calories Few nutrients Be discerning: choose only those you truly enjoy.

Keeping a Well Stocked Kitchen

The Plan: Week Five Become an informed shopper. Read the food labels. Create a healthier kitchen. Complete the Food and Activity Journal for this week.

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