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1 Healthy Snacks and Easy Recipes! Visit us at www.fit4kidz.us © 2014 Biometrics Health; All rights reserved.

2 Today we will… Discuss the importance of eating healthy snacks and help you come up with some of your own easy snack recipes! Visit us at www.fit4kidz.us © 2014 Biometrics Health; All rights reserved.

3 Goals 1.Understand what a snack is 2.Understand the difference between a healthy and an unhealthy snack 3.Be able to identify three healthy snack options Visit us at www.fit4kidz.us © 2014 Biometrics Health; All rights reserved.

4 What is a snack? Visit us at www.fit4kidz.us © 2014 Biometrics Health; All rights reserved.

5 Unhealthy Snacks Unhealthy snacks have a lot of calories, sugar and fat. Examples of unhealthy snacks are: –Candy –Cookies –Chips –Ice cream –Soda Visit us at www.fit4kidz.us © 2014 Biometrics Health; All rights reserved.

6 Healthy Snacks Healthy snacks have vitamins, minerals and give you energy Should contain at least 2 food groups –Grains –Vegetables –Fruits –Milk –Meat & Beats –Oils Visit us at www.fit4kidz.us © 2014 Biometrics Health; All rights reserved.

7 Examples of Healthy Snacks Veggies: Broccoli Carrots Cauliflower Celery Cucumber Bell Peppers Snap Peas Tomatoes Dips: Bean dip Guacamole Hummus Salsa Peanut butter Veggies with low-fat dip or salad dressing Visit us at www.fit4kidz.us © 2014 Biometrics Health; All rights reserved.

8 Examples of Healthy Snacks Whole grain pita pockets with fun fillings –Add hummus and veggies –Add peanut butter and apples or bananas –Add tomato sauce and low-fat mozzarella cheese and heat in microwave or oven Visit us at www.fit4kidz.us © 2014 Biometrics Health; All rights reserved.

9 Examples of Healthy Snacks Ants on a log –Celery with peanut butter (soy butter or sunflower seed butter for those with peanut allergies) –Top with raisins or dried cranberries Visit us at www.fit4kidz.us © 2014 Biometrics Health; All rights reserved.

10 Examples of Healthy Snacks Whole grain crackers with low-fat cheese or peanut butter Trail mix –Combine cheerios, dried cranberries, sunflower seeds, mini dark chocolate chips and walnuts Fruit Smoothies –Blend frozen fruit, bananas, yogurt and milk Visit us at www.fit4kidz.us © 2014 Biometrics Health; All rights reserved.

11 Putting the Pieces Together Try some new snack recipes this week at home Come up with three new snack recipes with your parents Identify what food groups you included in each snack Rate how you liked each one Visit us at www.fit4kidz.us © 2014 Biometrics Health; All rights reserved.

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