I recently read an article about nutrition labels. It talked about how most people do not actually read the labels, and even if they do, most people do not understand what the labels are actually saying.
"Researchers at Johns Hopkins University wanted to see what would happen if they made calorie labels more blunt -- specifically, if the labels told consumers how much exercise it would take to burn off the energy in a soda."
The results showed that people who saw these labels either purchased a water, left without a drink, or purchased a smaller drink size than they originally had planned to purchase.
Most students do not understand calories and burning them off. That is perfectly fine! But what students need to understand is cause and effect. I think you could do a lesson on calories, not just on what they are, but how they can help or hurt your body. You can even have them make predictions on how many calories are in certain foods, and how long it would take to burn those calories off.
America needs to get healthy and the classroom is a great place to start that change!
For the record, I am all for eating cupcakes, cookies, ice cream, and all things delicious. Those things make my life better and I would die without chocolate. But I try to eat those things in moderation to stay healthy!
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