Food Demo Write Up: Breakfast on a Budget

Hoi Ying Chu

Professor Gretchen George

DFM 655

November 12, 2017

Introduction:

The education topic of our food demo is in regard to the importance of breakfast while

having a limited budget. Many people may have heard and said, Breakfast is the most important

meal of the day. Yet, many people still skip breakfast. In fact, a school based study has shown

that only 52% of 1,303 students consume breakfast regularly and this percentage decreases as

students age (Albashtawy, 2015). In addition, another study shows that about one-quarter of

individuals in the United States skip breakfast daily (Buckner, 2016). People skip breakfast

because of financial problem, time, lack of appetite, difficult to prepare, and etc. However,

breakfast is an important meal that people should not skip because it reduces cardiovascular

diseases, improve cognitive performance, and weight management (ONeil, 2014). Therefore, it

is important to remind students the benefits and importance of breakfast while demonstrating that

it is easy to create.

The audience for this food demo is college students who enrolled in Intro to Nutrition

class, who participates in food pantry, and who are interested in cooking. As a college student

myself, I understand that college students are limited on funds and time to create their own

breakfast. Even literature mentioned, many students reported choosing cheaper, less nutritious

food and skipping meals to compensate with food insecurity (Watson, 2017). Yet, this demo

will demonstrate how to create a budgeted and time friendly breakfast so college students can

enjoy a cheap and nutritious breakfast without worries. In addition, as we know some of the

student participates in the food pantry, we purposely incorporated food pantry items into the

recipe to demonstrate what students may create from the foods that they received. When creating

the lesson plan, we take into account of the possible and most effective teaching and presentation
methods. We also use Laura and Gretchen as a guidance to understand what types of students are

we expecting to have for the demo.

The best learning theory for our audience is the health belief model because it is most

effective and direct to emphasize on the threat that students might perceive and how that threat

relates to their current situation. Once students perceive that threat, our lesson will start

persuading them into the importance of breakfast and how our lesson will help reduce some of

the barriers that students might encounter when they are willing to reform. The education style of

our lesson plan is transmission and apprenticeship. In the beginning of the lesson, we transmit

the importance of breakfast, mini awareness activity, and kitchen safety. Next, the students will

be able to practice making the recipe in their own stations to experience the simplicity of the

recipe and cooking breakfast. This help removes some of the barriers that students may have and

motivates them to making breakfast.

Lesson Plan:

Healthy Breakfast on a Budget

Duration: 1 Hour

Target Group: College students

Overall Goal: To teach college students the importance of breakfast

Major Concepts:
Importance of having breakfast in the morning
Right nutrients to have
Understand how their choices affect their daily health
Actively choosing to eat diverse food groups

Icebreaker or Attention Grabber: (5minutes or less)

Ask students why breakfast is the most important meal of the day
Ask students what they usually eat for breakfast
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day because it refuels the body with energy
and nutrients to get the day started. If breakfast is skipped the outcome can result in
feeling lethargic and tired making it difficult to concentrate in a school environment. (2)
Objectives and Learning Domains; Generalization and Learning Experiences

1. Students will be able to explain the importance of breakfast in their daily life (Energy,
nutrients)
Domain: Cognitive
Generalization: Choosing the right nutrients in the morning will influence energy levels
throughout the day.
Learning Experiences: Transmission (Lecturing this information to students) (15 min)
Energy:
Breakfast is important because it refills your energy after your 8 hours of
sleep.
Low-sugar, high-protein meals in the morning prevent large spikes in
blood glucose and the subsequent crash afterwards.
After sleeping all night your body is low in energy because it has been in
the fasting state, meaning your body is starving for glucose. (1)
Studies have shown eating breakfast will help you learn better because
without energy, your brain wont work efficiently as it would when fueled.
(1) Ex: Without glucose individuals can experience difficulty
understanding new information, visual and spatial understanding, and
cant remember things as well. (1)

Nutrients: Whole grains; high in b-vitamins, niacin, and riboflavin (energy),

protein; finding a medium between protein and cholesterol, fiber; important for
digestion , calcium; bone strength. (6)
Give examples of some nutrient dense food that student may eat in the
morning. Ex: Eggs, kale, cantaloupe, quinoa, carrots, potato. (4)
Eating a protein- rich breakfast, such as adding eggs, will likely keep you
satisfied longer (3).

Scare tactic: If [your] breakfast is based on highly processed carbohydrates [such

as sugary cereals or sweet rolls], it may be as bad [as], or worse than, skipping
breakfast. (3).
Not eating a nutrient dense breakfast, your grade will suffer (1)
2. Students will express motivation to choose healthier breakfast foods in addition to valuing the
importance of eating in the morning. (why it matters?)
Domain: Affective
Generalization: Believing in the importance of a healthy breakfast will influence
individuals to opt for more nutrient-dense foods.
Learning Experiences: (5 mins)
What do you think is healthier: an apple or apple juice or are they equal? Why?
Have picture of food (healthy foods too, e.g. Clif Bar) and ask students to guess
how much sugar it contains. Ask them how does this make you feel and would
you feel bad about eating this food. Will you now second guess your food choice
before consuming that food item.
 Scare Static: just because its organic, doesnt mean it is good for you (read
sugar content) Lookout for added sugar and misleading names.
3. Students will demonstrate food safety skills and ability to prepare meals from food bank
ingredients.
Domain: Psychomotor
Generalization: (Acting out the concepts learned help to solidify information.)
Learning Experiences: Students will correctly wash fruit and vegetables, Students will
demonstrate proper knife handling skills.
Students will practice correct safety procedures in the kitchen, i.e. cleaning
surfaces, not touching hot pan, washing hands before, holding hair back in a
hat/hair net/hair tie.
Scare Tactic: Not taking precaution when cutting your food items will cause
injuries
Knife accidents at home led to hospital visits almost 330,000 times in 2011,
according to the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System, a survey
maintained by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. (5)

Teaching Aids and Materials:

Pictures of food with sugar amount stated on the back side of the paper
Sugar packets that corresponds with pictures of food.
White board for a bigger visual of the recipe card.
Food pantry items.
Recipe cards.

Summary:
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day because it provides energy and nutrients
to spark our day. Our body goes into a fasting status when we sleep, therefore when we
wake up our body is low in energy. By supplying the energy, we need, it allows us to
learn and remember better because our brain is supplied with the glucose it needs.
Although eating breakfast is important, it is also important to eat the right kind of nutrient
dense foods. For example, if you are just consuming foods considered highly refined in
carbohydrates during breakfast, it may be just as bad as not eating because your body
wont feel full and you may consume more food items to fulfill your body. Therefore,
having a nutritious breakfast is important.
Ask what they learned today? Will they use the recipe in the future?

Evaluation:
Confidence to prepare own dinner
Accessibility to kitchen supplies, microwave and grocery markets
College in years
Age Range (Years)
Ethnicity
Assignment: Recreating the Apple, Carrots, Potato Hash recipe.

Rebecca, Ninette, Jessica, Barbara, Suki (November 12, 2017)

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