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Could you eat your weight in sugar? The average weight of a 9 year old is about 70 pounds, and 70 pounds is the amount of sugar that the average American consumes in a year! That’s enough to create piles of serious problems like cavities, diabetes, heart disease or obesity! This issue highlights this most common sweetener and helps students understand that too much of a good thing can be a bad thing. Discovering that sugar can be hidden in everyday beverages and learning to read nutrition labels can set your growing food detective on a healthier lifetime path. Activities transfer directly to items in your pantry or refrigerator, so read more to discover a world of learning right on your kitchen shelves.
In this issue students will:
- learn government guidelines for sugar consumption
- understand healthy information from the American Heart Association
- learn to read nutrition labels
- use the newspaper to locate sugary adjectives
- differentiate between products based on content
- identify other names for sugar in food
- locate money amounts in newspaper and round to nearest dollar
- practice writing with alliteration
- have fun collaborating with fruity exercises
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