Friday, October 22, 2010

 

Fruit Kabobs, Coloring, & Nutrition Education



As part of our Nutrition Education program, our Client Relations Committee held a nutrition education presentation on Thursday, September 23rd, at Lake Forest Elementary in East Gainesville. The students were all K-5 level ages and unfortunately the plan to exercise outside was rained out. But our Client Relations Committee, Isa Hasty and Mary Ogunrinde, along with two volunteers made the best out of the situation!

The presentation began with an introduction to and discussion about  the Food Pyramid and the different food groups. Some of the children demonstrated they were already knowledgeable about the Food Pyramid which was great! The volunteers saw the opportunity to reach out to the children who weren't so knowledgeable about the food groups, such as the younger children, and also corrected some of the incorrect views about certain foods and food groups.


Our client Relations co-director, Mary, says, "We were able to teach them things like although a potato is a vegetable and potato chips technically count as vegetables, potatoes are not the best of vegetables; and we most certainly would prefer if the vegetables were not fried. As well as, the fact that green and other colorful, non-white vegetables are best for you."

After the presentation of the Food Pyramid, worksheets for the students to color and work on were handed out. Students 2nd grade and lower colored the food guide pyramid while students 3rd grade and above identified foods of a particular food group from a list of different everyday foods. After the students were finished with the worksheets, the group made and enjoyed some delicious fruit kabobs! 

There were fruits like pineapple, apples, cantaloupe, and honeydew to choose from. The volunteers and students all gained some knowledge from this experience and overall everyone had a great time! Our Client Relations co-director, Mary, also stated that, "It was a very enjoyable time! The students were attentive and excited and I believe they all learned something about eating healthy and exercising."

The Client Relations Committee along with volunteers is planning one more child nutrition education presentation for the semester which will be held October 25th at the Porters Community Center for a group of about 20 students ages 6-11. They are also planning an adult nutrition education presentation for this semester. If you would like to get involved, email us at ufcampuskitchens@gmail.com and check out our calendar on our website ufcampuskitchens.yolasite.com. We're also on Facebook, if you'd like to keep up with us that way, just search for (or click here!) The Campus Kitchen at the University of Florida!


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