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HEALTH EDUCATION 19: EATING THE RIGHT FOODS

|Date: 2/09 |(1 HOUR) |

|OBJECTIVES: |After working through this lesson, participants will be able to: |

| | |Choose healthy foods. |

| | |Describe the risks of undernutrition and overnutrition. |

| | |Recommend a healthy diet. |

| | |List foods that are high in protein, iron, and calcium. |

| | |Teach others about good nutrition. |

OVERVIEW FOR TRAINERS:

This series of lessons is based on the Health Education Program for Developing Countries, 2009, which is available from . The illustrated manual is also available through Foundation for His Ministry at lessons are accompanied by a series of health teaching booklets on the individual topics. These lessons are based on information and standards from the World Health Organization. The lessons can be used with adults or with older children and teens.

See also the series of lessons on Nutrition and the series on Malnutrition.

|METHOD | |TIME | |KNOWLEDGE |

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|You have only $10 (use local money) to buy food for | | | | |

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|you buy? Why? | | | | |

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|You have only a small amount of money to spend, but | | | | |

|want your family to be healthy. So you can only buy 6 | | | | |

|foods. Which ones will you choose? Why/ Choose eight | | | | |

|foods from the What will you buy? handout. | | | | |

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| |Discuss in large group. | | | | | |

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|SKILL: |Participants will be able to list the five keys to a healthy diet. They will be able to teach their neighbors |

| |about nutrition using the teaching booklet. |

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|EVALUATION: |Are the participants using the Eating the right foods booklet to teach their neighbors about nutrition? |

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|MATERIALS: |-Newsprint, markers, masking tape |

| |-What will you buy? handout |

| |-Five keys to a healthy diet handout |

| |-Eating the right foods teaching booklets |

This lesson is used in: Health Promotion/ Basic Health Skills; Nutrition; and in Children/ Physical. (Please add the new Health Trifolds to these folders as well.)

WHAT WILL YOU BUY?

You only have a limited amount of money to spend,

but you want to have a healthy family.

What will you buy?

|Chocolate cake |Yoghurt |

|Milk |French fries |

|Tomatoes, corn, squash, carrots |Coke or soda |

|Beer |Tortillas |

|Cheese |Beans |

|Candy bars |Bananas, oranges, melons |

|Potato chips |Baked potatoes |

|Rice |Baby formula |

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Source: Illustrations, Health Education Program for Developing Countries. 2009. Available from:

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