Understanding a food Label
HEALTH EDUCATION - Lesson 11 - EXTRA
Growing Up Healthy (4)
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Growing Up Healthy
Understanding a Food Label
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Standard(s), Essential Question(s), Big Idea(s)
LEARNING TARGET / SUCCESS CRITERIA
I will identify the types of information found on food labels.
I will explain how food labels can be used to compare the nutritional value of foods.
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PRE-INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITY
Vocabulary
nutritious - how much nutritional value a food has
ingredients - all the things used to make a food
OPENING (Engage)
Main Idea
Food labels on packaged foods provide useful nutritional information.
Why Learn This?
You can use what your learn to help you compare the nutritional value of different packaged foods.
WORK PERIOD (Explore/Explain/Extend/Elaborate)
READ: Understanding a Food Label
Yoshi enjoys reading cereal boxes. Today he has played a game and read all the fun facts. He looks at the nutritional information. He can't believe how much information there is! As he reads, Yoshi wonders, "What does it all mean?"
What's on a food label?
Food labels are on all packaged foods. Cereals, pastas, crackers, soups, and many other foods have labels. The labels show how nutritious (nu•TRIH•shuhs) the food is, or how much nutritional value it has.
One part of a food label tells how much protein, carbohydrate, and fat the food contains. It shows the amount of fiber. It also lists some vitamins and minerals in the food. Calcium and iron are among the minerals listed on Yoshi’s cereal. The listed vitamins include vitamins A and C.
Another part of a food label is the ingredients list. The ingredients (in•GREE•dee•uhnts) are all the things used to make a food. On a food label the ingredients are listed in order from greatest amount to least amount. By looking at the list, you can see everything that's used to make a food product.
Yoshi is surprised when he reads the list of ingredients in his cereal. There are so many things in it!
INGREDIENTS: Cornmeal, rice flour, oat flour, wheat flour, sugar, salt, corn syrup, malt flavoring, baking soda.
VITAMINS AND MINERALS:
Vitamin C, zinc, iron, Vitamin B6, Vitamin B2, Vitamin A, Vitamin B1, Vitamin B12, Vitamin D.
How is a food label useful?
Food labels give you information about a food. Reading a food label can help you decide if a food is healthful. You can use food labels to make better decisions when you choose foods.
Suppose you want to buy popcorn. You find bags labeled "POPCORN and "CARAMEL POPCORN." You want to know what you are eating, so you look at the ingredients lists on the two bags. What differences do you think you'll see?
What can you learn by comparing foods?
When you buy a food such as popcorn, you might expect the bag to contain more popcorn than anything else. As you read the "POPCORN" bag, you learn the food has no butter, no salt, and no sugar. It has just one ingredient - popcorn.
When you look at the caramel popcorn label, you can't believe it. Brown sugar is the first ingredient! Popcorn is the second ingredient. The fact that brown sugar is first tells you that this bag has more brown sugar in it than popcorn!
As you read more, you see that the third ingredient is corn syrup. The fourth is molasses. These are other forms of sugar!
"I am trying to eat a healthful diet," you say. You put back the caramel popcorn and take the plain popcorn. You munch happily, knowing you are eating a healthful snack of popcorn, not a snack of sugar!
REMEMBER...Food labels on packaged foods provide useful nutritional information. You can use what your learn to help you compare the nutritional value of different packaged foods.
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Standard(s)
HE4.1a - recognize the relationship between healthy behavior and disease prevention
HE4.3a - identify the characteristics of valid health information, products, and services
HE4.3b - list resources from home, school, and community that provide valid health information
HE4.5b - describe the possible consequences of an unhealthy decision and healthy alternatives when making a health-related decision
Essential Question(s)
What's on a food label?
How is a food label useful?
What can you learn by comparing foods?
Big Idea(s)
The labels show how nutritious (nu•TRIH•shuhs) the food is, or how much nutritional value it has. One part of a food label tells how much protein, carbohydrate, and fat the food contains. It shows the amount of fiber. It also lists some vitamins and minerals in the food. Another part of a food label is the ingredients list. The ingredients (in•GREE•dee•uhnts) are all the things used to make a food. On a food label the ingredients are listed in order from greatest amount to least amount.
Food labels are useful because they give you information about a food. Reading a food label can help you decide if a food is healthful. You can use food labels to make better decisions when you choose foods.
You can learn many things by comparing food using food labels. When you buy a food such as popcorn, you might expect the bag to contain more popcorn than anything else. As you read the "POPCORN" bag, you learn the food has no butter, no salt, and no sugar. It has just one ingredient - popcorn. When you look at the caramel popcorn label, you can't believe it. Brown sugar is the first ingredient! Popcorn is the second ingredient. The fact that brown sugar is first tells you that this bag has more brown sugar in it than popcorn! As you read more, you see that the third ingredient is corn syrup. The fourth is molasses. Trying to eat a healthful diet, you put back the caramel popcorn and take the plain popcorn. You munch happily, knowing you are eating a healthful snack of popcorn, not a snack of sugar!
RESOURCES / INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
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DCSD Board-Approved Instruction Materials
Your Health: Teacher's Edition - Grade 4. Harcourt Brace & Company. 1999.
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