Tiny Bites Lesson Plan-WIN Wyoming

• Learner objective
• What you need
• Lesson Content
• Handout [html] [pdf]
•PR [Word]
•Evaluation [Word]

Tiny Bites: What Difference Could They Make?
Lesson Plan

Learner objective: As a result of this presentation, participants will:

Appreciate how small "extra" amounts of food can add significant calories

What you need:

Handouts:

"Tiny Bites: What Difference Could They Make?"

Participant evaluation form

Transparency or flipchart page with the blanks to be filled in from the handout
Overhead projector (if you use the transparency)
Markers - non-permanent for use on transparency; any type for use on a flipchart
Optional:

Food packages, food models, photos, measuring cups and spoons to hold up with the food items:

orange juice (1/4 cup)

granola (2 Tablespoons)

cream substitute (2 teaspoons)

cake (small sample + sliver)

mayonnaise (on burger)

mints (3-4 total)

chocolate kisses (2 pieces)

peanuts (handful)

cheese on cracker (1)

macaroni and cheese (2 Tablespoons + 1/4 cup)

Prize to give the person with the closest correct estimate of total calories from all the extra tiny bites

Time	Content/Suggestions	Learning Reinforcer
3-5 min.	Introduce the activity in terms of the following: Do you ever hear (or perhaps say!) things like this: -"I never eat between meals." -"I rarely have dessert." -"Almost everything I eat is low fat." . . . often followed by, "So why am I still gaining weight?"
5-15 min.	Distribute handouts. With audience involvement and discussion, go through the sheet, writing the calories for each bite on the transparency or flipchart paper as follows: orange juice (1/4 cup) = 26 Calories granola (2 Tbsp.) = 64 Calories cream substitute (2 tsp.) = 20 Calories cake (small sample + sliver) = 73 Calories mayonnaise (on burger) = 100 Calories mints (3-4 total) = 20 Calories chocolate kiss (1 piece) = 25 Calories peanuts (handful) = 105 Calories cheese on cracker (1) = 55 Calories macaroni and cheese (2 Tbsp.) = 54 Calories macaroni and cheese (1/4 cups) = 108 Calories Total = 675 Calories	Handout: "Tiny Bites..." Transparency or flipchart Optional props: As listed under "What you need," use models, packages, etc. with each item discussed.
5-10 min.	Invite audience to share other examples of "tiny bites" that they have found are easy to eat and easy to overlook. Answer any additional questions. Optional: Present prize for winner of tiny bites calorie estimate. Questions/wrap-up/evaluation Reinforce the bottom line: If you've been adding "mystery" pounds, consider counting the extra calories in your "tiny" bites.	Optional prize Evaluation form

Lesson plan and handout based on "Tiny Bites Total Big Calories," developed by Alice Henneman, MS, RD, LMNT, and published in FoodTalk E-Mail Newsletter, August 1997, University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension in Lancaster, http://www/ianr.unl.edu/ianr/lanco/family/FoodTalk.htm.

Adapted by Suzy Pelican for Small Victories, a mini-lesson series promoting positive food, physical activity, and body image attitudes and behaviors. Small Victories reflects the mission and principles of WIN Wyoming, a multi-agency, multi-state network that promotes healthy lifestyles instead of a specific body size, shape, or weight. WIN Wyoming is coordinated through Department of Family & Consumer Sciences, University of Wyoming Cooperative Extension Service. www.uwyo.edu/winwyoming 0203; slightly revised 0706

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Updated on 05/08/2007