Time: 10 minutes

Overview

This is a fun way for program participants to meet each other and begin talking about food.

Steps

  • Gather all participants in a circle.
  • Have them take turns answering the following question: If you became the food you eat most often, what food would you be? Give an example: My name is Joyce. I'm Yogurt.
  • An alternative opening activity would be to have each participant simply state their name and favorite food.
  • Use the title of this icebreaker -- "Food Becomes You" -- to launch a brief discussion about the importance of food.

Does the food you eat influence:

- How you feel?

- How you look?

- What you can do?

- Who you ARE?

Would you agree that food becomes you?

Contact Us

Matthew Kaplan, Ph.D.
  • Professor, Intergenerational Programs and Aging

Contact Us

Matthew Kaplan, Ph.D.
  • Professor, Intergenerational Programs and Aging