Adding Color to Your Plate Learning Lesson
Eating fruits and vegetables are a very important component to having a healthy, well-balanced diet as shown by the My Pyramid. MyPyramid tells us exactly how much of each food group we should be eating in easy-to-understand measurements.
In this lesson, you will:
- Increase the number of colorful fruits and vegetables consumed daily
- Identify three health benefits of eating fruits and vegetables
- Increase physical activity by adding at least one new activity
- Identify three health benefits of walking and other forms of physical activity
Lesson Contents
I. Add Color to your Plate: Introduction
II. Add Color to your Plate: Basics
III. Add Color to your Plate: Phytochemicals
IV. Add Color to your Plate: Red Group
V. Add Color to your Plate: Blue/Purple Group
VI. Add Color to your Plate: Yellow/Orange Group
VII. Add Color to your Plate: Green Group
VIII. Add Color to your Plate: White Group
IX. Add Color to your Plate: Top Ten Fruits and Vegetables
X. Add Color to your Plate: Build a Healthy Lifestyle
XI. Add Color to your Plate: Creative Ways to Add Fruits & Vegetables
VII. Add Color to your Plate: References
