If you have brought in some foods to demonstrate serving sizes, show those to students. Serving sizes differ for different foods and different food groups. Practice analyzing food records. Food Logs Discuss the amount of servings from each food group in the two eating records. Ask students to identify the correct food group for each listed food and estimate the number of servings.
Possible Responses Eat more foods from the grains group and the vegetable and fruit group.
Eat fewer servings from the fats, sweets and oils group. Compare the eating records. Possible Responses Eating Record 2 is more healthful. Foods from the grains, vegetable and fruit groups are excellent sources of vitamins, minerals and carbohydrates, which are important to health. Too many servings from the fats, sweets and oils group may contribute to disease.