1. Plan a school day menu
Plan a healthy school breakfast and school hot lunch
Grade school
Middle school or high school
Plan a healthy home breakfast and school sack lunch
What can be done to encourage children to consume full lunches at school?
How can parents be involved?
Consider a full day on the pyramid worksheet – your breakfast and lunch should each include at least 1/3 of the recommended portions
-- use this site to look up the food items you have chosen. Calculate the nutritional values.

2. What can be done to avoid waste of cafeteria food?
What goes in a good sack lunch?
Pre-schooler
Grade school
High school
Adults at work

3. Old Food Pyramid New Food Pyramid at www.mypyramid.gov and

5. What can be done to help obese grade school children?1. 2. 3. 4.

6. Some additional information to supplement the links in the class notes
(look in the menu under “For Consumers”)
(click on school nutrition in the menu on the right side of screen)