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Healthy Food - Healthy Choices

healthy food - healthy choices brown bag lunch learning journey

  • Understanding healthy food
  • Understanding sustainable food
  • What is "healthy" food?  "Sustainable" food?
  • Dissecting the media health image
  • Making independent healthy & sustainable food choices
  • Healthy & sustainable food rules of thumb

 

 

Healthy Feasting the Sustainable Way

 healthy feasting the sustainable way brown bag lunch learning journey

  • History of humans & food & the art of feasting
  • Understanding the need for comfort food
  • The silly things we've done
  • The silly things we do
  • Healthier and more sustainable choices for our beloved feasts

 

You are What you Eat - An Examination of the American Diet

You are what you eat an examination of the american diet brown bag lunch learning journey

  • What is "junk food?"
  • Why junk food is so bad for you, yet tastes so good?!??!!!!!
  • Unhealthy fats, chemical solvents, and sugar additives
  • The anatomy of a healthy & sustainable diet
  • Sustainable food, your economy, and your health

 

 

The Beauty of Health

the beauty of heatlh brown bag lunch learning journey

  • Social and media stereotypes/perceptions of heatlh and thinness
  • What is "healthy?"  Why is being "healthy" so important?
  • What is normal/overweight/obese?  Is thin "healthy?"  Is thin normal?
  • How does food play a role?  Genetics play a role?  Society and culture play a role in what is considered "healthy?"
  • Why are we what we eat?  What is "healthy" food?  What is "sustainable" food?

 

 

Sustainable Living in a Starbucks World

living healthy in a starbucks world brown bag lunch learning journey

  • Food spending trends
  • Shopping for food, sustainability vs. other options
  • Healthy vs. conveniences products for healthy lifestyles
  • Budgeting the food dollar
  • Easy tips for do-it-yourself food preparation that will save you time and money!
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