Promoting Healthy Eating
How can you promote healthy eating in your community?
Healthy Eating Challenge!
Your assignment is to find a creative way to promote healthy eating in your community. You may work with a partner or independently. First, select a location in your community in which you would like to promote healthy eating. For example, the mall, restaurant, school, movie theatre, home, recreation centre,or friend/family members house.
Canada's Food Guide
Remember to think about what you have learned in health class, and how Canada's Food Guide promotes healthy eating. Consider the 4 food groups, recommended servings per day for each age group, and serving sizes.
AmariahF Health Canada "Healthy Eating Commercial"
Drive Thru - Kohl's Healthy Kids 30 sec Commercial
Kohl's Healthy Kids "Candy" 30 sec Commercial
Let's Promote Healthy Eating Choices In Our Community
Questions
Q: Can I work alone?
A: Yes
Q: Can we pick a location that is not listed?
A: Yes. Talk to the teacher.
Q: Can we use Smore to create a flyer?
A:Yes, I would be happy to show you how it works.
Success Criteria
- Pick a location in your community that your will promote healthy eating choices.
- Look at the food choices at your location and brainstorm ways you could make them healthier.
- Use Canada's Food Guide to help you make healthy choices. Think about the number of servings and appropriate serving sizes for each age group.
- Create and advertise a variety of healthy food choices that people could buy at your location.
- Create your advertisement.
- Be sure your work is neat, organized and attractive so people can easily read it.