Update for October

The theme for October was "What is a serving?". I took several examples of single servings vs. multiple servings to my programs and we talked about what a serving is. Examples of what I took included a 20 oz. bottle of pop, a 12 oz. can of pop and an 8 oz. glass that I poured pop into so the kids could see the difference; a 99 cent bag of chips you find at the checkout and a 30 cent individual bag; and a huge apple and a medium apple. I took about a dozen items total. One of the things I also touched on was instead of eating just pizza, eat a serving of pizza and have a salad or veggies and dip with it.

I took this program to my school, after school and senior programs.

I think the most surprising item for the kids was the larger bag of chips and that it served 2.5 people. One kindergartener wondered where you find a half person. I suggested he find a whole person and the three of them could share the bag of chips. He thought that sounded like a good idea.