Around the world

Nutrition and Physical Fitness

Objectives:

(4)3.3 Plan a healthy menu emphasizing ethnic foods.

(5)3.3 Compare nutrition and physical activity habits in diverse cultures.

Health Around the World

When you grow up in a distinctive culture, it influences your lifestyle, your belief system — and perhaps most enjoyably, your diet. You might have a soft spot for mama’s marinara, an aunt’s curry and chapatis, dad’s barbecue ribs or grandmother’s holiday tamales.

Enjoy your culture and the foods that make it special, but look for ways to tweak diet traditions to make them more healthful. The American Academy of Family Physicians and American Cancer Society suggest you reduce your risks for chronic disease by eating more fruits and vegetables, avoiding high-fat and sugary foods, and cutting back on processed foods and red meat.

Assignment

Click on each flag below , read and take notes on the healthy habits from these countries.
Watch the videos to learn more about foods from different countries.

Create a 1 page document (online or paper/pencil) that describes a healthy food habit from each of the countries below and the unique foods discussed in the videoes.