A brief introduction to nutrition and vocabulary for the unit on Peter Menzel's book, Hungry Planet.

1. Bell Ringer:
With your partner discuss:
①Name 4 of your favorite foods.
②Do you have a favorite MEAL?
③What are your 3 favorite restaurants?
④What is your favorite KIND of food? (Chinese,
Italian, etc.)

2. Nutrition
With your partner discuss:
①What comes to your mind when you hear this
word?
②Can you name the food groups?
③Is junk food one of them?!?!

7. So……what does all that mean for me?
• What do you know about calories?
A calorie is a unit of energy
• How many should you eat in a day?
Sedentary Moderately
Active
Active
Females
ages 9-13 1,600 1,600 – 2,000 1,800 – 2,200
Males
ages 9-13 1,800 1,800 – 2,200 2,000 – 2,600

8. So……what does all that mean for me?
Are all calories created equal?

9. Serving Sizes…….

10. Average Daily Calorie Consumption

11. Time to investigate further…
With your partner, grab
a Chromebook and go
to ChooseMyPlate.gov.
Use the resources there
to answer the questions
on your worksheet.
Does this make you
think differently about
any of your eating
habits?
What about those of
others?

12. Bell Ringer:
With your partner discuss:
①What did you eat for breakfast yesterday?
②For supper?
③Do you think what you ate yesterday was
healthy? WHY/WHY NOT?

13. Vocabulary
•Demographics
•Annual Health Care Expenditure Per Capita
(AHCEPC)
•Daily Caloric Intake Per Capita (DCIPC)
•BMI
•Obesity Rate
•Empty Calories
•Poverty Line Talk with your
partner, do you know
the definitions of any
of these words?

14. Vocabulary
1) Demographics
Statistical data relating to the population
2) Annual Health Care Expenditure Per Capita
(AHCEPC)
Money spent in one year on each person for health care
3) Daily Caloric Intake Per Capita (DCIPC)
Average number of calories per person per day
4) BMI, or Body Mass Index
Ratio comparing weight to height

15. Vocabulary
5) Obesity Rate
Percentage of the population that is considered obese
6) Empty Calories
Calories from solid fats and/or added sugars
7) Poverty Line
Minimum level of income needed to meet your basic
needs

16. Vocabulary
8)GDP per capita
Average annual income
9) Life Expectancy
Average age you can expect to live
10) Infant Mortality Rate
Number of babies out of 1,000 that die before the age of
one

17. Hungry Planet Countries
• United States
• Mexico
• Japan
• Kuwait
• Mali
• India
• Guatemala
• Chad
• Germany
• Bhutan
• China
• Ecuador