B.E.A.N.S. Healthy Gulps

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       Balancing Exercise and Nutrition for Students

 

On Wednesday, January 22, 2014,  UT Southwestern Medical School students presented a lesson about "Good Gulps" to our 3rd-5th graders to provide them with information about the amount of sugar used in soft drinks and juices and which drinks are healthier choices for them. 

 

They would learn:

 

*How added sugar in beverages affect their health?

                                 

*How much extra activity they need to do to use the added sugar in different beverages?

                                 

*How can they can make healthy beverage choices?

 

Students were able to participate in the PowerPoint presentation by using clickers that would show their response to questions. The following pictures show the results of our students' knowledge and what they have learned in our prior nutrition lessons.

 

 

 They were stumped by this question because they knew they were all important and said they couldn't choose just one. Choices 2 and 3 are the two options that are discussed the most with the students.

 

 

 

 

We were happy to see students drink more milk than soda, juice and sport drink combined.

 

78% said they do not drink more than 2 sugar drinks a day.  48% drink 1 or less. YAY!

 

 

 

An eye-opener for students was to see that almost everything you drink, except water, has sugar in it. Even milk has sugar.

 

 

Students learned to keep an eye out for drinks with added sugar.

 

 

Students know that our bodies need some sugar, salt and fat. Sugar from natural foods like fruits and vegetables is the best.

 

The students were amazed to see how much sugar was in a can of soda. The actual teaspoons of sugar in a can made quite an impression.

 

Even more shocking was how much exercise it took to use up the sugar in a can of soda. Green Hour Play makes more sense to them now. Don't let that sugar turn into fat!

 

 

 

 

Coach Ochoa and the CATCH team members had a table set up during our Family Math and Science night to show exactly how many teaspoons of sugar are in different drinks, juices and snacks. Students and parents were amazed to see how much sugar is in some cereals, snacks and drinks.

 

 

 

All in all, our students' responses show us they have the knowledge of what is a Go, Slow and Whoa drink and what they should do to stay healthy. We just encourage them to do what they know is right to have a healthy body.