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�� Describe the five food groups and oils
�� Name the nutrient dense foods
�� Explain the importance of portion sizes
�� Use what you learned in your research to create an oral
presentation.
Unit 5: Thematic Project- Plan a Healthy Lifestyle
�� Choose and research a healthy lifestyle
�� Create a full day’s menu that meets all your nutritional needs.
�� Write a summary of your research.
�� Make a presentation to your classmates on the findings of your
research
Nutrition for Life- 3 weeks
Chapter 10: Choices for Your Healthy Weight
�� Explain the factors that determine your healthy weight
�� Discuss the reasons to maintain a healthy weight
�� Describe ways to achieve and maintain your healthy
weight
�� Explain why fad diets do not promote healthful patterns of
eating
Chapter 11: Fuel Up for Sports
�� Describe how physical activity affects your nutrient needs
�� Discuss smart food and fluid choices for before, during,
and after physical activity
�� Analyze common myths about sports nutrition
Chapter 12: Nutrition Throughout the Life Cycle
�� Summarize how nutrition needs change throughout the
life cycle
�� Explain the importance of good nutrition for pregnancy
�� Compare how infant feeding changes in the first year of
life
�� Create a healthful eating plan for children
�� Explain how good nutrition and active living are important
for teens