Number of People
for this WQ
Outcomes for
this WQ:
understand that moderation and balance are key to healthy
eating
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be able to identify and select foods from major food groups
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compare good eating habits with those of their family
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prepare a healthy eating plan for themselves and their
parents
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know where to seek help on diet
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create social
support with parents
Materials for this WQ
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Your teacher will need to register your class or school with
E-Stat, an educational program of Statistics Canada.
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Access to the Internet at home is preferable for this
webquest (your parent will be asked to take a survey) but you can
print the pages and ask your parents those questions that way.
Documents for
This WQ
Student Tools for this
WQ
Evaluation
Criteria/Procedure
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Introduction
This webquest will
help you to persuade the members of your family to improve their eating
habits.
Task
This webquest starts with assigned readings on
healthy eating to help determine the aims for dietary practices.
Next, compare your community (nearest Health Region) to these healthy
eating practices and to those of other Canadian communities. Then
track the eating habits of your family members and prepare a plan to
improve their eating habits in the future.
Process
Don't forget to take
notes on your webquest actitivities in your
Personal Health Journal.
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Learn the basics
about healthy eating by reading the following sections of
Canada Food Guide on the Health Canada Site:
Order the Food Guide from Health Canada
for your family. You will be using the Food Guide to help you
analyze your family’s nutrition profile
Prepare a short
report on these assigned readings using Section 3.1 of your
Personal Health Journal. You will need to submit this report as part of this
webquest.
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Next, you will
prepare graphs comparing food consumption patterns of Canadians,
your province and your community. Examine the per capita
food group consumption (purchase) patterns of Canadians from 1990 to
2001. Prepare a simple line graph to show the evolution of each
food group. Read the
report on the latest data.
See the
criteria for evaluating line and bar graphs before
you prepare your graph.
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Next, you will
examine the importance of fruits and vegetables and then prepare a
different type of graph to show how well your community and family
are eating.
Read Health Report 2000-13-3.
Fruit and Vegetable Consumption.
Access the
Health Indicators statistics published by Statistics Canada and
locate the statistics on
Dietary Practices to examine the consumption of fruits and
Vegetables for the Health Region closest to you.
Note: Read our student tool on
Using Statistics Canada Data and Reports
to learn how to access their information.
Note: Your teacher may need to register your school with Statistics
Canada in order to access some reports and articles.)
Compare the consumption of fruits and vegetables in your Health
Region to the average in your province/territory and to the Canadian
average. Also compare the consumption of fruits and vegetables in
your Health Region to the recommended daily servings of fruit and
vegetables contained in the Canada Food Guide. Prepare a bar graph
to show those comparisons.
See the
Criteria for Line and Bar Graphs before you prepare your graph.
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Next, you will
ask your parents or another trusted adult to participate in this
webquest by completing an analysis of their and your typical eating
habits.
Using the web site of the Dieticians of Canada, prepare a
nutrition profile for your parents and for yourself. For this
task you and your parents will have to complete the profile for a
typical day of eating. It will take about five minutes for each
person to complete the survey. If you don’t have access to the
Internet at home, print out the questions and ask your parents to
complete the survey in print, then go and enter their answers on the
Nutrition Profile web page.
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Ask your parents
if your family can Identify three realistic targets for change in
your nutrition profile over the next three months. Before you begin,
read
Healthy eating: success starts with small changes, this
article applies a coach's strategy to developing a dietary game
plan, that is, making small improvements each day Schedule a time
with your parents to review progress every month.
See section 4.1 of your
Personal Health Journal for some tips on how to create and maintain a personal
health plan. Know where to
find a dietitian if you would like special help in planning your
family meals or if a member of your family has a specific
eating-related problem.
Prepare a brief summary and commentary on your experience in
analyzing your family’s food consumption patterns and trying to
prepare a personal health plan to improve your eating habits. Use
the
Evaluation Criteria for Writing
Summaries and
Commentaries to guide
your writing of that part of this webquest.
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Record your
private thoughts in Section 4.3 of your
Personal Health Journal.
How Your Work will be Evaluated
See your teacher
about how each of these criteria will be applied to your webquest.
Your notes on the assigned reading will be evaluated on how well you
have followed Section 3.1 of your
Personal Health Journal.
The
Evaluation Criteria for Line and Bar Graphs will be used
to assess your statistical comparisons. The
Evaluation
Criteria for Personal Health Action Plans will be used to assess your progress
in your health plan. The
Evaluation Criteria for Writing
Summaries and
Commentaries will be used to assess your effort in
preparing a family health plan for better nutrition.
Conclusions and Extensions
As an extension
of this webquest, you can engage your family in trying to improve
other aspects of your health, such as physical activity.
You can also
take the nutrition webquest that is closely related to this one,
where you will compare the eating habits and related knowledge of
your friends and classmates.
Want to talk with someone about these issues? Why not call the Kids
Help Phone at 1-800-668-6868 or visit
their web site.
Also read these
tips on how to use
Hotline
Information.
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