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Jazzy Food and Nutrition Bulletin Board Ideas

Division of Nutrition Assistance

Put Some Kick in Your Day

Directions for Design
A soccer player is kicking a ball with a "carton of milk."

Suggested Materials

Illustrations of a soccer player, soccer ball, and milk carton with legs
Prepared letters or pens for marking

Learning Activities

1. Keep a weekly breakfast food diary.
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Students who eat a well-balanced breakfast are more alert and ready to learn. Ask students to keep a diary of everything they eat or drink for breakfast for five days. Younger students may draw pictures of the foods. Set aside 10 minutes of class time each morning for the students to add to their list the foods and beverages they had for breakfast. On Friday, ask a few students to share their diaries with the rest of the class. Ask the class various questions, such as: Who prepared your breakfast? Were you more awake after eating breakfast? Ask students who did not eat breakfast: What are the reasons you did not eat breakfast? Were you not hungry, or was there not enough time for you to eat breakfast?

2. Discuss ways to make time for breakfast.
Many students skip breakfast because they feel they do not have enough time. Discuss ways students can make time for breakfast. Some suggestions include get up earlier, move faster when getting ready, gather books and homework the night before, make a decision about what to wear and eat for breakfast the night before, make a morning schedule, and eat breakfast at school.

3. Review quick and easy nutritious breakfast ideas.
Examples could include the following:

Raisin toast with peanut butter and banana, milk
Slice of cheese melted on whole-wheat bread, canned pear slices, milk
Banana bread, slice of cheese, orange juice, milk
Whole-wheat toast, yogurt with fruit, milk
Bran muffins, banana, milk
Hot cereal, cinnamon applesauce, milk
Toasted cheese sandwich, apple wedges, milk
Bagel with melted cheese, apple wedges, milk
Cinnamon toast, applesauce, milk
Scrambled eggs, toast, fruit cocktail, milk
Cinnamon oatmeal with raisins, peaches, milk
Cold cereal, fresh fruit, milk
Frozen waffle or pancake, orange wedges, milk

For those who are not hungry in the morning, suggest they start with one food. Make it something that can be eaten while walking to school or to the bus, or that can be eaten in the student’s room as he is getting dressed. Suggested breakfast items include a piece of toast, muffin, juice, fruit, sandwich, etc. Add a second food after a week. Another alternative is to eat breakfast at school, if a program is available.

3. Examine Nutrition Facts labels of breakfast foods.
Ask students to bring to class the Nutrition Facts labels from some of their favorite breakfast foods, such as cereals, toaster breakfast pastries, packaged doughnuts, biscuits, cinnamon rolls, etc. First, compare all labels from one type of item such as cereal. For cereals, compare type and amount of carbohydrates. There are three types of carbohydrates: simple carbohydrates or sugars, complex carbohydrates or starches, and fiber.

The sugar content of cereal is a frequent concern of parents. Not all of the public disapproval of sugar is based on scientific findings, but there is general agreement on two points: (1) sticky, sugary foods left on the teeth contribute to tooth decay, and (2) high sugar foods often provide few nutrients for the number of calories they contain. Students should be encouraged to limit their consumption of cereals high in sugars (those in which some form of sugar is the first or second ingredient, or where several forms of sugar are listed). If students add sugar to the cereal, the presweetened cereal may be as good a choice. Students also can compare such nutrients as fat, vitamins, and minerals. They then can compare one type of breakfast food, such as cereal, to a toaster breakfast pastry.

4. Compare the nutrients in fruit juices to fruit drinks and fruit-flavored drinks. Ask students to bring the containers with the labels of their favorite fruit juices or fruit drinks. Compare some of the nutrients found in the products, such as vitamin C. Fruit drinks and fruit-flavored drinks often are confused with fruit juices. Orange juice would become an orange drink if water and sugar were added. Lemonade is an example of a fruit drink. Lemon juice is made in the same way as orange juice, but the juice is too tart to drink. A small amount of lemon juice is combined with a sweetener and water to make a drink. A fruit-flavored drink may not contain any fruit juice at all. The powdered beverage mixes are examples of fruit-flavored drinks. The label can help in determining which type of product is in the container. Most labels of fruit juices will state that the juice contains 100% "real" fruit juice.

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