Transcript What I Eat - Hunter`s Glade

Contents
• Kenya
• Yemen
• Tennessee, U.S.A.
• Israel
• Canada
• Latvia
• Bangladesh
• Japan
• New York, U.S.A.
• Venezuela
• China
• California, U.S.A.
Kenya
• Equatorial country lying between 5˚N and
5˚S latitudes
• Climate varies from tropical to arid
• Declared independence from British rule in 1963
Noolkisaruni Tarakuai
The Maasai Herder
Noolkisaruni Tarakuai
• What do you notice about the cattle in the
picture? Why do they look this way?
• What do you notice about the amount of food
that Noolkisaruni eats in one day?
Noolkisaruni Tarakuai
• What foods do you think you recognize in the
photo of Noolkisaruni’s one day of food?
Noolkisaruni Tarakuai
• What food groups are missing in the photo?
• What food groups are represented in the photo?
Noolkisaruni Tarakuai
• What kind of “kitchen” would Noolkisaruni need
to prepare these foods?
Noolkisaruni Tarakuai
• Noolkisaruni goes to the market only once in a
while. What must have been bought at the
market to make this one day’s diet?
Noolkisaruni Tarakuai
• How does Noolkisaruni’ s whole daily diet
compare to yours?
• What one meal in your diet is most like hers?
Noolkisaruni Tarakuai
• Noolkisaruni ate only 800 calories on the day that
the photography team arrived. This is not a diet
that will sustain her for life. What can she do?
Halls, Tennessee, U.S.A.
• Southeastern state bordering the
Mississippi River
• Home of Country Music and Elvis, the King of
Rock and Roll
Rick Bumgardner
The Candidate for Obesity Surgery
Rick Bumgardner
• Rick Bumgardner has enjoyed too much
“country eating.” What do you suppose that
expression means?
Rick Bumgardner
• Does Rick look healthy?
• Rick is classified as “morbidly obese.” What
does that mean?
Rick Bumgardner
• Look at the food in Rick’s poster. Is it a lot of food,
too little food, or just about the right amount of food
for a whole day’s diet?
• To get to his current weight, how much more must
Rick have eaten?
Rick Bumgardner
• What do you recognize in Rick’s breakfast?
• Connie plans what he eats. How has she tried to cut
down on calories and fat?
• Why does Rick show medicines at his breakfast?
Rick Bumgardner
• What does Rick
drink for
beverages during
the day?
• Are his beverages
low-calorie?
• What vegetable
servings do you
see? Are they all
low-calorie?
Rick Bumgardner
• Rick’s wife Connie has made some decisions about
not making Rick’s diet too strict. She’s probably afraid
he would be too tempted to cheat. What compromises
did she make to help him stay on track?
• Do you think Rick “cheats?”
Rick Bumgardner
• Rick continues to try to lose enough weight to qualify
for gastric surgery to shrink the size of his stomach.
This surgery is usually successful in helping people
lose weight, but it carries some serious risks, including
death. Why would Rick choose this surgery?
Canada
• 2nd largest country in land area
• 2nd largest oil reserves in the world
• High-tech industrial society
Coco Simone Finken
The Green Teen
Coco Simone Finken
• Coco lives about 50
miles from the U.S.
border. What about
her appearance and
where she lives looks
familiar to teens in
your neighborhood?
• What about the food
she eats
looks familiar?
Coco Simone Finken
• How balanced is Coco’s one-day diet? Track
servings for each food group.
Coco Simone Finken
• Many vegetarians like Coco do not eat meat, a
major source of the proteins we need to live and
grow. What are other good sources of protein
within her diet?
Coco Simone Finken
• List the high-fat/
high-calorie foods
in her diet.
• Coco is 5'9" and
weighs 130 pounds.
Are you surprised that
her Body Mass Index
(BMI) is 19.2, the
lower range of
normal weight?
Coco Simone Finken
• There appears to be two glasses of milk on the
table. Only one is low-fat milk. The other is soy
milk. Which of the two is a better choice
for Coco?
Coco Simone Finken
• Coco and her family
grow their own
vegetables and shop
for organic foods “to
the extent that they
can afford the higher
costs.” Why do
organic foods
cost more?