Audience: Students ages 9-12 years
General program objective: Participants will reduce overall daily sugar intake.
Specific program objective: Participants will identify when it’s okay to have extra added sugar.
Behavior change strategy: Self-Efficacy
Educational activities:
- Elicit—have students discuss their favorite treats and when they have them.
- Explain—play the provided video for the students.
- Expand—have the students identify special occasions for having extra treats.
- Exit—have the students reflect on the curriculum.
Length of time to complete: 10-15 minutes, depending on length and depth of conversation
Materials Required:
- Multi-media display (e.g. computer monitor, projector, or SmartScreen)
- Access to the internet and YouTube
Procedure:
- Ask the students to share their favorite treats and when they get to eat them:
- Tell me about your favorite treat.
- When do you normally get to eat treats?
- How do you feel on those occasions when you get to eat your favorite treat?
- Introduce the short-form video and play for the students.
- Ask the students to reflect on the video:
- What special occasions do you get to have extra treats?
- What kind of treat do you eat during those special occasions?
- Why is it okay to have extra treats sometimes?
- Have each student write a paragraph about what they learned during the Sugar 01-05 lessons. Include thoughts on what changes this knowledge might help them make in their own food choices going forward.
Further enrichment:
Have the students bring in a recipe from home for a special occasion treat and make a class cook-book.
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