Canada Food Guide Web Quest!

Using Canada’s food guide find the following information on-line through our food guide website: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/food-guide-aliment/index-eng.php

Section #1: Daily Food Needs!

Using your AGE: ______and GENDER: ______

Calculate your food needs:

Your Needs Now! / Your Needs @ 51 Years Old!
Fruits and Vegetables:
Grain Products:
Milk and Alternatives:
Meat and Alternatives:

What are your Daily Caloric needs?

Sedentary / Low Activity / Active

Section #2: Serving Sizes!

Using examples given in our food guide research examples of a proper serving size for each of the 4 food groups!

Example (Fruit or Vegetable) / Example of Serving Size
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2
3
Example (Grain Products ) / Example of Serving Size
1
2
3
Example (Milk or Alternatives) / Example of Serving Size
1
2
3
Example (Meat Alternatives) / Example of Serving Size
1
2
3

Our Food Guide offers us “TIPS” (the link is below each food serving categories). Choose one food group and describe the tips that our Food Guide offers us:

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Section #3: Making Wise Choices!

Our Food Guide offers us advice for making healthy choices when it comes to eating. Describe 1 piece of advice for each food group and why you believe that it is important.

Food Group / Advice / Importance?

Section #4: Physical Activity!

Being active ______ day is a step towards better ______and a ______. Canada's Physical Activity Guide recommends building ______to ______ minutes of moderate physical activity into daily life for ______and at least ______minutes a day for ______.

Select 3 Tips offered to improve your levels of Physical Activity:

Where? / Tips
At Home
At School
Everywhere

Section #5: Enjoying Eating!

Explore the final section of Canada’s Food Guide...Check out the meals and suggestions for eating and enjoying! Describe your thoughts on our food guide’s action plans for enjoying our eating. Do you like any of their meal plans? Which ones? Why? Are these ideas that you could use in your life? Which of these ideas do you or your family already do on a daily basis? Write a short answer describing your thoughts on this final section of our food guide!

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