1. Eating Patterns

2. Eating Patterns- food customs and habits- when, what, and how much people eat. ◦ What causes people to have different eating patterns?  Different schedules  Different appetites/metabolism

3. Traditional Meals Breakfast- Most important- your body is on “empty” when you wake up, it needs to be energized and get your motor running. ◦ Benefits:  Easier to concentrate  Do better scholastically Lunch- provides energy and nutrients to carry you through the rest of your day’s activities. Dinner- In America, this is typically the largest meal, focuses on a main dish, a grain product, vegetables, beverage and sometimes dessert

4. Snacks- not necessarily a bad habit. During teen years it can help with rapid body growth. Of course what you choose to snack on, makes a difference. Grazing- Some people prefer eating five or more small meals throughout the day instead of three large meals.

5. Changing Eating Patterns What are eating patterns like in a family with young children? What are eating patterns like in a family with teenagers? ◦ Eat in shifts, busy schedules- games, practices, etc.

6. “Snacking during the teen years has the potential to help as well as the potential to harm.” How is this so?

7. Handout sheet with the family life stages. Have students compare family eating patterns at different stages of life.

8. Eating Out 4-3

9. Eating Out Restaurants 1. Full-service  You sit at a table and a server takes your order  Nutrition varies, depending on menu  Wide-variety or may specialize in fish, steaks, etc.  Red Lobster  Olive Garden  Chop House  Applebee’s  O’Charley’s

10. 2. Self-serve ◦ Cafeterias, Buffets, Food bars  Golden Corral  Pizza Hut  Giovanni’s Eating Out

11. 3. Fast-food ◦ Limited range of foods, usually high in fat, sugar, sodium ◦ Some fast food restaurants have added healthier options  McDonald’s  Wendy’s  Taco Bell

12. Words to watch on a menu: Breaded Creamy In a cheese sauce Scalloped Rich Crispy

13. Select foods which are: Steamed Garden fresh Broiled Baked Roasted Poached Lightly sauteed or stir-fried

14. Menu Activity!!