Mission Nutrition Game

Purpose: Learn or review the components of healthy eating.

Activity Name: MISSION NUTRITION

Project: INSIDE OUT

Level: Six

Time: 45 Minutes

Tips For Activity Leader

• Provide nutritious snacks (individually wrapped) as prizes for winning Mission Nutrition.
• Use nutrition books as a resource for discussion or questions that may arise while the game is being played.
  
  
  
  
  
  

Remind the youth they have learned about nutrition and healthy eating at school, from a family member or from some other source. Ask them how much they remember about the things they learned in the past. Some food groups contain foods that are low in calories and high in nutrients. Nutrients are elements of food that give our bodies what they need to function. We are encouraged to eat a lot of foods in those categories. Other categories contain foods that are higher in fat and calories and they do not provide us with much in the way of nutrients. Foods that are high in calories and low in nutritional value are the foods we should limit. They fill us up and prevent us from eating healthier.

Tell them the group is going to play Mission Nutrition to learn or review the food categories and the types of food that are healthy choices.

Additional Activity

Talk about the nutrition recommendations from the Food Guide Pyramid. Tel the youth that they are going to construct a three-dimensional food pyramid.