Brainstorm influences on eating. Ask students to brainstorm ways in which television affects what they eat. Write student responses on the board. Then ask students to brainstorm other influences on their food choices. Discuss internal and external influences that affect food choices.
Many different factors affect food choices.
Students have a variety of food preferences and different reasons that they like these foods. Groups create commercials. Divide the class into groups of three to five. Tell groups to create a television food commercial either for a food that already exists or for a new food they make up. Distribute poster board and markers to students.