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FOOD,GLORIOUS FOOD

What’s your favorite food? Some people like crunchy carrot sticks. Others like sweet red cherries. Some like spicy tacos or salty peanuts, while others prefer chewy bagels with cream cheese. Some like creamy rice pudding.

▲ ACTIVITIES▲ Look at the illustrations on this page. Find the foods you like. Draw a picture of another of your favorite foods on a sheet of paper.

▲ Have a class discussion about all the different foods your classmates drew.

▲ Use the drawings to make a class bulletin board. Give the bulletin board a clever title.

Why do we need food? Food is fuel for our bodies. Food gives us energy and helps us grow. Food helps us do things like run and jump and do cartwheels and handstands.

▲ ACTIVITIES▲ Make a list of things you like to do. Underline those that require a lot of energy.

▲ Have a class discussion about the activities your classmates listed. Listen carefully for ideas on new activities you can do.

Food helps make our hearts and our lungs and our other organs work well. Food helps keep our bodies strong.

Food helps us look good, too. It helps keep our hair shiny and our fingernails strong. It makes our eyes bright, our skin clear and our teeth strong and white.

Food is also fuel for our brains. Some foods help us think more clearly!

▲ ACTIVITIESLearning Standard: examining picture clues

▲ Look in the Flavor section of today’s Houston Chronicle and find foods you like to eat.

▲ In today’s Houston Chronicle, find a photo of someone doing an activity that uses a lot of energy. Write a title for the photo.

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NutrientsNutrients are chemicals found in food that help people stay healthy. Nutrients give us energy and help our bodies grow. Nutrients can be divided into groups:

• WATER is the most important nutrient of all. All foods contain some water. You might be able to live for several weeks without food, but you could live only a few days without water!

• CARBOHYDRATES provide energy to our bodies. Starches, sugars and fiber are all carbo-hydrates. Breads, cereals and pasta are carbohydrates, too.

• FAT is another energy source. Fat helps some vitamins get around in our bodies. Our brains, nerves and skin need certain kinds of fat. But too much animal fat can harm us and put us at risk for disease.

• PROTEIN builds and repairs muscle. Muscles and blood are made of protein. Protein keeps us alert. Our bodies need protein to run.

• VITAMINS help heal wounds and keep skin healthy. Some vitamins are important for our eyes. In parts of the world where people don’t get enough Vitamin A, many people become blind.

• MINERALS help us stay healthy. One important mineral is calcium, which strengthens teeth and bones and helps blood clot. Iron is another important mineral that helps carry oxygen to the cells in our body.

How does food become fuel?

After we swallow food, it goes into our stomachs and small intestines where chemicals break the food down into nutrients.

Then blood carries the nutrients to different parts of the body.Whatever our bodies don’t need goes into the large intestine before leaving the body.

WORD SCRAMBLELearning Standard: recognizing words

Unscramble the following words. Then, look for the words in the Flavor section of today’s Houston Chronicle. Write the page number where each word is located. (Answer below.)

doof _____________________

dreba _____________________

trawe _____________________

ragsu _____________________

aft _____________________

torpine _____________________

mantiiv _____________________

ribfe _____________________

hatlehy _____________________

remember!food alone will not make our

bodies healthy and strong. We must also must get

plenty of exercise!

bodies healthy and

plenty of exercise!

Word scamble: food, bread, water, sugar, fat, protein, vitamin, fiber, healthy

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Here are some tips about the food groups that make up the pyramid:

GRAINS – Most people need to eat more whole-grain foods. Breakfast cereals are an easy way to add whole grains to your diet. Look for some cereals that have one of these words as the first ingredient: oatmeal, whole-grain corn, whole oats, whole wheat. Bread can be a good source of grain too, but remember to look at the label for the words “whole grain.”

VEGETABLES – Try to eat lots of dark green or orange vegetables such as broccoli, spinach, romaine lettuce, carrots, sweet potatoes, and pumpkin. Most people don’t eat enoughof these.

FRUITS – Choose one fruit you’ve never tried but would like to try. When buying fruit drinks, find one that is 100% fruit juice. It’s a good idea to eat whole fruits more often than 100% fruit juice.

MILK – We all need the calcium from milk and milk products every day to build strong bones. Choose a calcium-rich food to eat for a snack such as fat-free yogurt, lowfat cheese and cottage cheese, or 1% or fat-free milk.

MEAT and BEANS – Look at all the kinds of foods in the meat and beans group. Protein, for strong muscles, comes from fish, eggs, chicken, turkey, nuts, seeds and beans. Try eating some different types of dry beans than you usually eat.

A HEALTHYDIET

The Food Pyramid helps teach us how to eat right and stay healthy. By using the pyramid on this page, you can learn what foods are in each group and how much of each group you should eat each day.

Go to www.mypyramid.gov to learn more and download a food pyramid to color.

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▲ ACTIVITIESWhich has more fat?▲ Bring in empty boxes, plastic jars or cans with nutrition labels you can read. Sort the containers by food type. How much fat is in each item?

Which item in each pair do you think has more fat?

1. hamburger or lettuce2. jelly or butter3. pineapple or chocolate pudding4. bagel or donut5. baked potato or french fries6. ice cream or sorbet7. crackers or cookies8. pizza or applesauce

Learning Standard: writing fluently

▲ On a separate piece of paper, write a snappy headline for a news story about fat in foods.

A HEALTHY LUNCH

Use the Food Pyramid on page 4 to help you plan a day of healthy meals, including an after-school snack. List each meal and its foods. Draw a picture of your favorite meal in this plan.

TIP: Make sure you include whole grains and limit the sugars and fats.

FRUITS AND VEGETABLES

We need to eat 2 1/2 cups of vegetables and 1 1/2 cups of fruit every day. Fruit and vegetables help protect us against illnesses like cancer and heart disease.

▲ Do you eat enough fruits and vegetables?

Make a list below the fruits and vegeta-bles you would like to eat for meals and snacks. Remember you need at least five fruits and vegetables every day.

SPECIAL DIETSSome stores, like H-E-B, help their customers with special diets stay healthy by labeling foods so they are easier to find.

But what if people can’t eat some foods? People on special diets must be very careful to eat foods that will provide all the needed nutrients.

Vegetarians, or people who don’t eat meat, must eat certain combinations of other foods to get enough protein.

▲ What other foods from the meat group might they eat instead?

People who are allergic to milk must eat more of other calcium-rich foods to get enough calcium.

▲ What other foods from milk’s food group might they eat instead?

Answer Key

Answers to Which Has More Fat: 1) hamburger 2) butter 3) chocolate pudding 4) donut

5) french fries 6) ice cream 7) cookies 8) pizza

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START

Good

FATS

milk

You forgot to brush your teeth after

eating. Put back 1 bean.

You ate carrot sticks and celery for a

snack today. Go to “Vegetables” and col-

lect 1 bean.

You fed your dinner to the dog!

Skip your next turn.

You ate cupcakes for lunch and now

you feel sick!Put back 2 beans.

You ate a balanced meal

every day this week, and you feel great! Take another turn.

You had fruit k

ebobs for a

snack today.

Go to “Fruit”

and collec

t 1 bean

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banana

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breakf

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2 bean

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place

them in

any foo

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group

you like

.

You spille

d your

milk. No use

crying over

it.

Put back 1 b

ean.

You ate so

much

birthday

cake, n

ow

you can’t m

ove!

Skip yo

ur next

turn.

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VEGETA

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FOR 2-4 PLAYERS

To play the Food Pyramid Game, you need:• the Food Pyramid game board (tape pages 6 and 7 together)• a large pile of dried beans• one die

EACH PLAYER NEEDS:• a game piece (use buttons, coins, paper clips, etc.)• a copy of the Food Pyramid, showing the minimum number of servings for each food group.

(Use the Pyramid on page 4.)

OBJECT OF GAME: To reach the winning diamond atop the Food Pyramid by having collected beans and moved around the board.

HOW TO PLAY:Place game pieces at Start. Players take turns rolling the die, moving their game pieces around the pyramid, and following the directions on the spaces.

Each time a player’s game piece lands on a food group, that player takes one bean from the central pile and places it on their own Food Pyramid in the appropriate food group section. (If a player is directed to put back a bean and the player has no beans, directions for that turn should be ignored.)

After collecting the beans, players continue to the top of the pyramid and into the winning diamond at the top.

WINNING THE GAME!After all players have reached the top of the pyramid, the player with the most beans, wins. But, really, everybody wins if everybody has learned about good health and had some fun, too!

THE FoodPyramid GAME

FINISH

WholeGrains

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MEAT

/bean

s

FRUITWhole

Grains

You forgot

your lunch.Put back

1 bean.

You tried 2 new fruits

this week.

Move ahead 5 spaces.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away. Take 1 bean.

You made dinner for your family! Take 2 beans and place them in any food group you like.

You went apple-picking

and then made applesauce.Take

another turn.

Pizza for dinner!Take 1 bean

and put it in any food group you like.

You learned how to use chopsticks!

Take 1 bean and place it in any

food group you like.

➜After hiking all day,

you’re so hungry

you could eat a

horse! Go to

“Meats/Beans”

and collect 1 bean.

You ate a huge stack

of oatmealpancakes

for breakfast.Go to

“Whole-grains” and

collect 1 bean.You need a drink

to go with your

cookies. Go to

“Milk” and

collect 1 bean.

FINISHSTART

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Where Do Foods Come From

We eat many foods, like apples and corn, that are grown in this country. And we eat many foods that are grown in other countries – like bananas, mangoes and coconuts.

You can use both the Houston Chronicle and your friendly grocery store to complete the activities on this page. TIP: Take a pencil and small pad of paper to the store with you.

▲ ACTIVITYLearning Standard: investigating living organismsWhat fruits and vegetables are grown in this country?• In what states are they grown?• Look through the newspaper and your grocery store for produce advertised as “local” produce. Make a list of these foods.(Take a small pad of paper to the store with you, and write down what you find.)

Why are plants so important to our diets? All our food depends on plants. We eat some plants: fruits and vegetables, beans, peanuts, and others. Bread and cookies are made with wheat, and wheat is a plant.

Other foods we eat also depend on plants. Hamburgers come from cows. Cows eat plants like grass and hay. Cheese and ice cream are made with milk. Milk comes from cows. People eat fish. Fish eat algae. Algae is a plant.

▲ ACTIVITYList as many edible plants as you can.(Hint: Do you have an orange tree or a banana tree in your yard? Do you have a windowbox with herbs or spices growing in it?)

▲ ACTIVITYLearning Standard:

examining characteristics of plantsDesign a newspaper ad for a healthy edible plant.• Look for words and pictures in the newspaper to use in the ad. • Make up a slogan that will make people want to buy this food.• Include reasons why the plant is a healthy and delicious food.

▲ ACTIVITYLearning Standard: identifying living things

▲ In the Houston Chronicle, find some of the foods discussed on this page. Next time you go to the grocery store, look for these foods.In your Houston Chronicle, find some of the foods talked about on this page. Next time you go to the grocery store, look for these foods. How many did you find?look for these foods. How many did

• Make up a slogan that will make • Make up a slogan that will make • Make up a slogan that will make

• Include reasons why the plant is a • Include reasons why the plant is a • Include reasons why the plant is a • Include reasons why the plant is a

In the Houston Chronicle, find some

Next time you go to the grocery store,

of the foods talked about on this page. Next time you go to the grocery store,

FUN FOODFACTS

• The tomato is not a vegetable, it is actually a fruit.• Fortune cookies were invented in this country, not in China.• Spaghetti originally came from Asia, not Italy.• Avocados are sometimes called alligator pears.• Peanut butter was invented by a doctor in 1890.• In the 1600s, butter was used as a medicine in Spain.• The first ice cream shop in this country opened in New York City in 1774. • Cabbage is the most ancient vegetable grown today. It has been cultivated for over 4,000 years.

• In your life, you will probably eat about 20 tons of food!

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People everywhere love many foods they grow up with. People eat foods that are special to their families, to the places their families came from, and to the places where they live.

▲ ACTIVITIESWhat special food do you enjoy with your family that surprises some of your friends?

Learning Standard: investigating unfamiliar organisms

• In today’s Houston Chronicle, find one or two foods you have never eaten (words or pictures). Where does the food come from? Would you try it? Why, or why not?

• Discuss with your classmates.

Bread is made all over the world. Sandwich bread, bagels and muffins are all breads. So are pita bread in the Middle East, nan in India, tortillas in Mexico, croissants in France, pizza in Italy and pretzels in Germany. They may look and taste different, but they’re still all bread.

Many people include bread in their breakfast meals.

BREAKFAST AROUND THE WORLD

Breakfast may be different depending on where we live and what we are used to. But, these different foods make up meals with the same purpose – to provide the nutrients we need to grow and stay healthy.

Breakfast in Lebanon is often a piece of pita bread, cheese and olives.

In Hungary, breakfast is often a roll and butter with jam or honey, along with milk or cocoa. A breakfast food in Jamaica is a johnny cake – a fried biscuit.

In East and West Africa, a morning snack often takes the place of breakfast. There are usually two meals a day – at noon and in the evening – and both meals are the same: soup or stew served with fufu (like a dumplings) or chapati (flat bread).

In Thailand, people often eat dinner leftovers for breakfast. This might include stir-fried, grilled or steamed vegetables with meat or fish. Rice and boiled eggs are often eaten for breakfast in Thailand, too.

In Korea, breakfast is the same as lunch and dinner. It might include rice, soup, vegetables, broiled or grilled meat or fish and kimchi – a spicy pickle.

In Russia, breakfast is often a filling meal like pancakes with sour cream, and milk or tea. Breakfast in Italy is often coffee with milk and sometimes a pastry.

In Greece, breakfast is often fresh fruit, cheese and bread.

Breakfast in Japan might include bean paste soup, seaweed, rice, pickles, and green tea.

▲ ACTIVITIESLearning Standard: locating diverse places

Which breakfast sounds best to you? Which country is it from?

Find that country on a map. What other countries border that country?

Food aroundthe world

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Quick and easy snacks recommended by experts: graham crackers and milk; dried fruit and nuts; vegetables or fruit; string cheese; cereal and milk; blender drinks made from yogurt, milk and fruit; low-fat puddings and custards; peanut butter on whole wheat bread.

SIMPLE RECIPIES FOR TASTY, HEALTHY SNACKS

For some recipes, you may need a little help from a grown-up. Enjoy!

ANTS on A LOGYou need: 1 stalk of celery, peanut butter, raisins. Spread peanut butter on the celery. Press the raisins into the peanut butter. Eat!

BANANA SMOOTHIE (Make this one with an adult. You will need to use a blender.) You need: 1 banana (cut into pieces), half a cup of plain yogurt, half a cup of milk, half a cup of grape juice.Put all the ingredients into the blender.Blend until it is as thick as a milk shake. Pour into a tall glass and drink it up! (You can use other fruit, too.

Strawberries are good. Also, you can use flavored yogurt instead of plain, and you can try other fruit juices instead of grape juice. Experiment to see what you like best.)

BANANA ICE CREAMThis is the simplest snack in the world! Peel a banana. Wrap it in wax paper. Seal it in a plastic bag. Put it in the freezer. When it is frozen, take it out and eat it. Yum!

Enjoy!

Tasty snacks& Healthy,too

▲ ACTIVITYLearning Standard:

organizing informationOn a sheet of paper, write a recipe for a healthy snack. Set it up like the recipes in the Flavor section of the Houston Chronicle.

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Strawberries are good. Also, you can use flavored yogurt instead of plain, and you can try other fruit juices instead of grape juice. Experiment to see what you like best.)

BANANA ICE CREAMThis is the simplest snack in the world! Peel a banana. Wrap it in wax paper. Seal it in a plastic bag. Put it in the freezer. When it is frozen, take it out and eat it. Yum!

Strawberries are good. Also, you can use flavored yogurt instead of plain, and you can try other fruit juices instead of grape juice. Experiment to see what you like best.)

BANANA ICE CREAMThis is the simplest snack in the world! Peel a banana. Wrap it in wax paper. Seal it in a plastic bag. Put it in the freezer. When it is frozen, take it out and eat it. Yum!

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For morekid friendlyrecipies,go to

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H-E-B CAFE ON THE RUN

You are the chef in an H-E-B Cafe on the Run. Make up a menu with a perfectly balanced meal. Remember to include foods from all the food groups.

Write the menu, making up names of dishes and include a list of all the ingredients in each dish. Draw pictures to decorate your menu. (Hint: You might want to include one of the healthy snacks in the recipe section on your menu!)

Learning Standard: composing textsCreate an advertisement for your H-E-B Cafe on the Run. Find words and pictures from the newspaper.

FOOD LOG Learning Standard: writing journals

Write down or draw pictures of all the foods you eat in a day. Keep a log, or a journal, for several days.

When you’re done, go back and circle all the fruits you’ve eaten. With a different colored pen, circle all the vegetables. How many of each did you eat?

Add up all the foods from the different food groups. Did you eat foods from all the food groups? If not, what could you do to eat a more balanced diet?

What does your food log tell you about your eating habits? What foods should you be eating more or less of?

More Activites more fun!

NAME THAT FOOD

• How many foods can you think of that are green? Name the foods.• Name some foods that can be eaten either raw or cooked.• Name some foods that need to be peeled before you eat them.• Name some foods that grow on trees or vines.• Name some foods that grow under the ground.• Make up some of your own food questions and quiz your classmates.

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My First Cookbook, by Rena Coyle, illus. by Jerry Joyner (WORKMAN, 1985)

Passport on a Plate: A Round-the-World Cookbook for Children, by Diane Simone Vezza, illus. by Susan Greenstein (SIMON & SCHUSTER, 1997)

The Kids’ Multicultural Cookbook: Food & Fun Around the World, by Deanna F. Cook, illus. by Michael P. Kline (KIDS CAN, 1995)

Bread Bread Bread, by Ann Morris, photographs by Ken Heyman

(LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD, 1989)Nutrition: What’s in the Food We Eat, by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent, photographs by William Munoz (HOLIDAY HOUSE, 1992)

The Edible Pyramid: Good Eating Every Day, by Loreen Leedy (HOLIDAY HOUSE, 1994)

Good for Me: All About Food in 32 Bites, by Marilyn Burns, illus. by Sandy Clifford (LITTLE BROWN, 1978)

Play with your Food, by Joost Elffers(STEWART TABORI & CHANG, 1997)

ABOUT THE WRITER/ILLUSTRATOR: Karen Gray Ruelle is a former librarian and the author of The Book of Baths, The Book of Bedtimes, The Book of Breakfasts and 75 Fun Things To Make and Do By Yourself.

Ruelle is also the author and illustrator of the Holiday House easy-reader series that includes The Monster in Harry’s Backyard, The Thanksgiving Beast Feast and Snow Valentines.

Originally produced and edited by The Advocate, Greenwich Time, and The Hartford Courant. Original designed by Binnie Weissleder. Edited and redesigned by the Houston Chronicle.

Look for these great books at your public library:

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