Movie theater popcorn is high in calories and saturated fat since it uses unhealthy oils rather than real butter, while healthy homemade popcorn has vitamins, fiber, and fewer calories. The document encourages making good nutrition habits from a young age by choosing air-popped popcorn over movie theater popcorn for health reasons. It provides tips on proper portion sizes of foods and recommends popcorn as a healthy snack option.

1. Healthy Popcorn vs. Movie Theater PopcornTechnology Literacy~Block: Ehttp://makemeasaint.blogspot.com/

2. Popcorn Fact # 1Has 31 calories IronDietary fiber

3. Popcorn fact # 2Movie theater popcorn has saturated fats and lots of caloriesThey don’t even use real butter!!

4. Popcorn Fact # 3Healthy popcorn has vitamins B1 and B2Air Popped, White Popcorn is healthyhttp://quitehealthy.com/nutrition-facts/popcorn/198061.html

5. This is important to us because… Nutrition habits are very importantIf you get the right habits young you won’t have a “problem” when you are older

6. DON’T EAT!!

7. Healthy Popcorn

8. Portion Sizeshttp://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/8414372/2/istockphoto_8414372-dental-floss.jpgDairy1 ½ oz. hard cheese – three diceVegetableSweet baked potato – computer mouseGrain1 cup popcorn- baseballMeat 3 oz. cooked chicken – deck of cardsFruit1 cup strawberries – baseball (12 berries)Fats and Oils5 olives – poker chip Sweet Treats1 oz. chocolate – pack of dental flossMixed DishesLo mein – baseballMac and cheese - baseballhttp://www.techfuels.com/attachments/cpu-components/7979d1226568526-computer-mouse-computer-mouse.jpghttp://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/willowdog/willowdog0902/willowdog090200011/4269340.jpghttp://www.principalspage.com/theblog/wp-content/uploads//2008/07/baseball2.jpghttp://www.webmd.com/diet/healthtool-portion-size-plate

9. The Food PyramidFrom left to right:Grains - 6 servings a dayVegetables - 5 servings a dayFruits – 3 servings a dayFats and OilsDairy – 3 servings a dayMeat and Beans – 2 servings a dayhttp://www.hard24get.com/food/miniposter1r.jpg

10. 7 Healthy SnacksTropical Fruit ParfaitFrozen Yogurt(it’s only healthy if YOU make it!)An apple StrawberriesNutsAir-Popped, White PopcornHomemade Smoothieshttp://www.whyguides.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/strawberries1.jpghttp://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifehack/kitchen-hack-3-easy-steps-to-create-healthy-frozen-yogurt.htmlhttp://www.livestrong.com/article/76922-calories-nutrition-air-popped/ http://www.wholeliving.com/photogallery/healthy-snack-recipeshttp://www.thepowerpointtemplates.info/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/green_apple_fruit_themes_templates.gifhttp://www.soya.be/recipes/smoothie-recipes.php

11. ReferencesWebMDPhysorgInteresting Facts About PopcornHealthy Air Popper Snack