The week of Healthy Food

ISTITUTO COMPRENSIVO di GATTEOComenius project R.R.E.V.

Our food, where possible, must be varied and balanced; in short we must buy all the different types of food in way of assuring that we receive all the necessary nutrients.

BALANCED DIET

The Risks of Unhealthy Food

• It is better to avoid the excessive consumption of fried food because cooked fat is not healthy.

• One must also avoid products with a lot of sugar as it can overwork the liver, cause obesity and tooth decay.

• An excessive amount of alcohol is harmful to the liver, while the excessive consumption of sugary and gassy drinks can bring about diabetes.

Survey about breaktime at school

We did a survey among the students of our school in order to determine what students have in the breaktime.Our survey showed that on 220 pupils63% of pupils bring a snack from home37% of pupils buy it at the baker’s or from vending machines at school12% of pupils doesn’t have a snack

Regarding food preferences:27% choose sandwiches, or pizza or flatbread, crackers47% sweet snacks , fresh or prepacked snacks17% crisps and salty snacks9% fruit, vegetables, yoghurt

During the school year, our class, together with the technology teacher, have carried out a teaching unit on nutrition education which allowed us to understand how we should divide the calories in the meals of the day.However it’s difficult to put into practice what we learned and at school in the breaktime there are a lot of temptations and we students are out of our parents’ control.

Do you usually have a snack at breaktime?

yes no88% 12%

88%

12%

yesno

Do you usually bring a snack from home?

yes no63% 37%

37%

63%

yesno

Do you buy your snack at the baker’s or from the vending machine at school?

bakery vending machine

63% 37%

35%

65%

fornaiomacchinetteBakeryVending machine

Do you prefer sweet or salty snacks?

38%

62%

sweet snacksalt snack

sweet snacks salty snacks38% 62%

What do you usually eat?sandwiches cakes crisp and

snack crakershome made

sweetsprepacked

snacksfruit and

vegetables cereals yoghurt

14% 9% 17% 13% 27% 11% 6% 1% 2%

sandwich cake crisp and snack

crakers home made sweets

packaged snacks

fruits and vegetables

cereals yoghurt0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

Series1

As we don’t have lunch at school we organized a healthy snack in the breaktime. Everyone brought something to eat avoiding any kindof junk food.

Fruit: kiwis, straberries, apples, bananas, ….

Vegetables: carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes, fennels, faves, courgettes……..

Rice crackers, ham and cheese sandwiches, apricot pie, bread and berries jam and honey, yoghurt, orange juice and water

We liked this experience very much. From then on we’ll try to improve our food habits and induce our peers to reduce junk food

During the week of healthy food….Students developed the idea to create a poster, working closely with the technology teacher.

The poster was concerned with detailing healthy food as well as highlighting food that we should avoid.

The students attempted to involve their familes in encouraging them to eat healthy food.

At the end of the week they compared their experiences.