Hunger Attack!

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Hunger Attack!

• Feed Your AppetiteProtect Your Wallet

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Teen Spending on Food?

• All purchases 464/mo.
• Teens spend 21 of the on FOOD
• Aver./mo. 97
• Aver./yr. 1169
• (Coinstar 2003, Teenage Research Unlimited, Inc.
  2007)

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Food Purchases Affected By

• Personal preferences
• Customs traditions
• Convenience
• Price
• Time
• Special occasions
• Hunger
• Peers
• Family

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Also Affected By

• Location
• Health considerations
• Religious preferences
• Availability of food
• Habits
• Food purchasing skills
• Food preparation skills

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Food Costs Affected By

• Amount of Food
• Type of Food
• Where Food is Purchased

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Money Saving Strategies(Eating Out)

• Share a meal
• Early bird specials
• Coupons
• Avoid vending machines
• Order water at restaurants

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Money Saving Strategies(Grocery Store)

• Compare ingredients Nutrition Facts labels
• Check unit price
• Dont shop hungry
• Shop alone
• Use coupons wisely

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More Grocery Store Strategies

• Shop with a list
• Shop sales
• Buy seasonal produce
• Buy larger packages
• Buy store brands

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Healthier Healthier Food Body
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Select Healthier Foods

• Compare food labels
• Review nutritional information at restaurants
• Buy foods from the five food groups of MyPyramid

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Sugar Savvy
Sugar Goes By Many Names  

• Natural Sweetener
• High Fructose Corn Syrup
• Corn Syrup
• Evaporated Rice Syrup
• Any ingredient name ending in -ose (such as
  dextrose, lactose, fructose)

• Honey
• Sugar
• Brown Sugar
• Corn Sweeteners
• Molasses
• Malto-dextrin
• Cane Syrup
• Cane Juice Sugar
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Convert Grams to Teaspoons

• Locate the grams of sugar on the Nutrition Facts
  label
• Divide the grams of sugar by 4 (there are 4 grams
  of sugar in a teaspoon)
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Quick Facts--Unit Pricing

• Green Chili Burrito
• 5 oz. 0.69 13.8 cents per oz.

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Quick Facts--Unit Pricing

• Example
• 2 ounce energy bar costs 0.88
• What is the cost per ounce?

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Smooth Calculations

• Make aSmoothie

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Targets To Shoot For

• Get enough of these each day
• Get at least Calcium Iron Fiber
• Males
• Ages 9-13 1300mg 8mg 25g
• Ages 14-18 1300mg 11mg 31g
• Ages 19-30 1000mg 8mg 34g
• Females
• Ages 9-13 1300mg 8mg 22g
• Ages 14-18 1300mg 15mg 25g
• Ages 19-30 1000mg 18mg 28g

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Fat Facts

• Light Lite have several meanings
• Contains 1/3 fewer calories than similar product
  not labeled
• Contains ½ the fat of similar product not labeled
• Sodium content of low-calorie, low-fat food has
  been reduced 50
• Used to describe color or texture

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Food Shopping Tic-Tac-Toe
Question 7

• INGREDIENTS
• Enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin,
  reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin and
  folic acid), sugar, graham flour, partially
  hydrogenated vegetable oil shortening (contains
  one or more of the following soybean oil,
  cottonseed oil), brown sugar, high fructose corn
  syrup, honey, sodium bicarbonate, salt, molasses,
  soy lecithin, and vanillin (an artificial
  flavor).
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Food Shopping Tic-Tac-Toe
Question 8
Pricing Label

• Frozen Soft Pretzels
• 13 oz. 3.00 ___ per oz.