1. Unit 6 – Food and Nutrition
Choose My Plate
Unit 6 – Food and Nutrition

2. Grains Can I have a volunteer?
The average need for grains is 6 ounces per day
Rice or Pasta
1 oz. is about ½ cup or the size of a small computer mouse
Bread
1 oz. or 1 slices is about the size of a cd cover
Dry cereal
1 oz. or 1 cup, about the size of a baseball
For the most nutrition, select whole grain, enriched, or fortified grain products. Fortified foods have added vitamins or minerals not naturally present in the foods.
Who ever eats pasta and only eats half of a baseballs worth??

3. Vegetables Volunteer? You need 2 ½ cups of vegetables every day
Baked potato
1 medium, about the size of a computer mouse
Vegetables/Salad
1 cup which is about the size of a baseball
The first is vegetables. Based on a 2,000 calorie diet, which is just an average ( Some people need more, some people need less) You need 2 ½ cups.

4. Fruits Volunteer? You need an average of 2 cups of fruit every day
Apples, oranges
Small, about 2 ½ inches in diameter - about the size of a tennis ball
Raisins or dried fruit
½ cup of sliced fruit or the size of a computer mouse

5. Dairy Volunteer? You need 3 cups Fat-free/Low-fat milk Cheese
A 1 cup serving is the same as an 8oz milk carton
Cheese
1 1/2 oz. serving is around the 3 dice. *Counts as 1 cup
Ice cream
½ cup is about the size of ½ a baseball
Who can think of when they ate ice cream that was only the size of half of a baseball?

6. Protein Volunteer? You need 5 ½ ounces of lean meat
Lean beef or Poultry
3 ounce serving is like the size of a deck of cards
Grilled or baked fish
3 ounce serving is about the size of a checkbook
Peanut butter
2 tablespoon serving is about the size of a ping-pong ball *Counts as 1 oz.

7. Oils Volunteer?
Oils are fats that are liquid at room temperature, like the vegetable oils used in cooking. Oils come from many different plants and from fish. Oils are NOT a food group, but they provide essential nutrients. Therefore, oils are included in USDA food patterns.
You need about 6 oz. of oils per day
Foods that are naturally high in oils:
Nuts
Olives
Some Fish
Avocados

8. Watch the video and answer the questions!
Portion Distortion
Increased portions sizes over the last 20 years has led to and epidemic of obesity in the United States.
Watch the video and answer the questions!

9. choosemyplate.gov

10. MyPlate Activity
You will create a nutritionally sound plate according to our government guidelines using a paper plate and colored pencils.
You may choose to do a meal for breakfast, lunch or dinner.
Your meal must consist of items you would actually eat.
Label each item and the quantity of the item.

11. Portion Distortion Portion Distortion Quiz
Now that we have learned the correct portion sizes lets look over this quiz to see how portions have changed over time.