Today's Classroom Activities :

Reading the Label and Eating Right

Read the Label
Health There are several new "soft drinks" being advertised in young people's magazines. Bring in a sample of each and have students read and compare the labels. What is the ingredient that manufacturers are adding? What can the effects of caffeine overload be? Which of these drinks are safe? Which might not be? Do the students feel that there is enough information on the labels? If students feel strongly about the content of these new drinks, ask them to write to the drink manufacturers and explain their views.

Frustrated by her students' unhealthy lifestyle choices, this teacher decided it was time for a change! See what she did to improve her students' eating habits in Get a Move On!

In Eating Right we see that making the right decisions when it comes to healthy eating is not an easy task for kids – or adults.