Have students locate the small tip of the Food Guide Pyramid on the Healthy Choices Food Guide. The top of the Food Guide Pyramid is made up of foods called Extras. These are foods or ingredients in foods such as fats, oils, and sweets that should be little additions to our diet, rather than major elements. Use examples such as soft drinks, candy, butter, or syrup to stress that Extras provide calories, but little nutrition. They should be used sparingly.
All foods are good.
There are only bad diets especially when foods high in sugar, salt, and fat are chosen in excess. For example, eating one candy bar isn t a problem. It s when someone with an inactive lifestyle eats three candy bars a day along with regular meals that obesity can develop over time. Ask for responses and write on board. To reinforce comprehension, ask students to look at the healthy snack features on the board and judge the following snack suggestions.