1. HEALTHY HABITS FOR LIFE
A Common Sense Approach
to Healthy Living- Grades 4/5
Leader Guide for Healthy Habits for Life
Thank you for choosing Healthy Habits for Life: Your 6 Week Guide to Food and Fitness. This Leader Guide is designed as a series of slides. Teaching tips and activity ideas for each week are listed on the “Notes” section of the title slide for each week. Each slide was taken directly from the text of the book. Participants will find it easy to understand the lecture by following in their books.
The slides are divided into: an introduction
a presentation for each of the six weeks
a summary
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General Guidelines
The classes are designed to be taught in 6 one hour sessions but experience has shown that there is a lot of information to cover and the classes may be better taught dividing them slightly differently than the book is divided. Week Two (Eat Well) can really take two weeks to teach and Weeks 5 & 6 (Shop Smart and Fit It In) can both be covered in one session. There is enough material that the entire program could be extended to 8-10 weeks.
It is very important at the beginning of the program to set some ground rules. The nature of the material lends itself to much class discussion. Participants should be made aware of the amount of material to be covered in one short hour and the need to be respectful of the time. It may be necessary to meet separately with particularly outspoken persons out side of class time to address personal issues. Ideally, each participant would have a one hour consultation before the beginning of the program to help them through some of the personal information in Week Two and becoming familiar with their goals, concerns, etc.
Week Five

2. Shop Smart: Shopping for a Healthier You
Reading Food Labels
Keeping a Well-Stocked Kitchen

3. Grocery Shopping for a Healthier You
Shop the perimeter of the store
Read those food labels
Be prepared to shop
Be an informed shopper

4. Reading Food Labels Serving Sizes Nutrient Information
Calories per Gram
% Daily Value
Trans Fat
Rounding
Nutritional Claims

5. Breads, Cereals, Rice and Pasta
Look for whole grain products
B-vitamins
Fiber
Low in fat

6. Fruits and Vegetables Great sources of Vitamins Minerals Fiber
Most are fat free

7. Dairy Products Great source of Calcium Protein Vitamin D
Many lowfat and fat free products available

8. Meat, Poultry, Fish, Dry Beans, Eggs and Nuts
Pay attention to portion size and fat content
Excellent source of:
Protein
Iron
Zinc
Vitamin B-12

9. Oils and Fats Pay attention to the type and amount you choose
Great source of
Vitamin E
Essential fatty acids
Energy

10. Sweets Calories Few nutrients
Be discerning: choose only those you truly enjoy.

11. Keeping a Well Stocked Kitchen

12. The Plan: Week Five Become an informed shopper. Read the food labels.
Create a healthier kitchen.
Complete the Food and Activity Journal for this week.

13. MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIVISION OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND HEALTH LITERACY
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