The Top 5 Food Mistakes Most Teens Make and How To Fix Them [Video]

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Pizza or pasta? Steak, chicken or beans? Whole milk or 2%? This lively program focuses on teen nutrition and helps students understand the five biggest food mistakes made by most teenagers. Teenage on-camera hosts use MyPlate.gov to help students understand portion sizes and food group servings.

A nutrition expert demonstrates easy solutions to the five food mistakes:

Not eating enough fruits and vegetables
Not eating enough whole grain and lean protein
Eating too much salt
Eating too much sugar
Eating too much bad fat
Students learn how to read nutrition labels, how to shop for fresh produce, and how to prepare quick and healthy meals. A third section demonstrates do-it-yourself food prep recipes that offer healthier options than fast food or vending machines.

The program comes complete with a comprehensive Teacher’s Resource Book and Differentiated Lesson Plan that includes, great recipes, a health survey and extension activities to keep teens engaged long after they view the video.

Transcript provided by YouTube (unedited)

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nutrition isn’t really important to me
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because I’m only 15 cards have
0:07
self-control when there’s that much junk
0:10
food available to me I’m usually busy
0:12
with being outside and playing sports
0:15
and nutrition isn’t really on my mind
0:17
I’ve never looked at a nutrition label
0:19
once in my life I don’t usually look at
0:22
the nutrition labels
0:23
I felt it fast food two maybe three
0:25
times a week I don’t need healthy I
0:27
think I’m sort of healthy but I can I
0:30
can do better
0:46
deciding what to eat it’s something we
0:49
think about every single day of our
0:51
lives at breakfast lunch and dinner and
0:53
with various snacks throughout the day
0:55
hmm what to eat it’s a complicated
0:58
question why is it complicated because
1:01
teens aren’t making smart choices about
1:03
what they eat the average teenager eats
1:05
way too many overly processed foods and
1:07
not enough healthy Whole Foods bad food
1:10
choices can lead to big health problems
1:12
obesity diabetes heart disease and more
1:16
your health good or bad starts with what
1:19
you eat that’s what this program is all
1:21
about understanding the top 5 food
1:23
mistakes most teens make and how to fix
1:26
them it’s especially important for
1:28
teenagers to make healthy eating choices
1:30
your bodies are still developing and
1:32
you’re working hard to get good grades
1:34
and perform your best athletically good
1:37
food will boost your energy for
1:38
schoolwork athletics and just plain life
1:41
let’s get started what’s the first
1:43
mistake teens make when it comes to food
1:45
not getting enough healthy stuff like
1:48
fresh fruits and vegetables we know I
1:52
don’t like broccoli I do not like
1:55
broccoli at all spinach is all right
1:59
hate spinach
2:00
I really really hate spinach I don’t
2:03
really like spinach in general but when
2:06
I do I just kind of close my eyes and
2:08
hope for the best the last time I had
2:11
vegetables was probably like lettuce on
2:13
my burger two or three days ago
2:19
research shows that most teens aren’t
2:21
getting enough servings of healthy items
2:23
like fresh fruits and vegetables that’s
2:25
a problem because fruits and veggies
2:27
packed tons of important vitamins
2:29
minerals nutrients and fiber it’s really
2:33
important for teens to eat a lot more
2:35
fresh fruits and vegetables than they’re
2:36
eating because they really can get a lot
2:39
of their nutrients their vitamins their
2:42
minerals their antioxidants and it will
2:46
help them feel more full when they’re
2:48
eating more of those things then some of
2:50
the other more calorie dense or calorie
2:52
rich foods that they might be having so
2:55
how do you fix mistake number one it’s
2:58
simple really
2:58
add more fruits and vegetables to your
3:01
daily diet

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