Activity 1: Dietary Knowledge Timeline
- Picture of six food guidance systems (FGS) -- from 1940s, 1950s, 1970s, 1990s, 2005, and 2011
- Paper and Pencils
- Copies of handouts: "A Brief History of USDA Food Guides" and "Comparisons Between Traditional and Modern Recipes" (one per family)
- Optional: 2-3 cookbooks for each family from the past 40 years and 2-3 current cookbooks with similar recipes
Activity 2: Back to the Future: Food Time Capsule
- Pens/pencils
- Extra sheets of paper
- 3 large envelopes
- Laminated pictures of historically diverse, food-related items to put in "time capsules"
Activity 3: Balancing the Sugar
- Measuring teaspoons
- 1 or 2 5-lb bags of sugar
(depending on number of participants, allow for 1/2 bag per family) - Bowls or Ziploc baggies
- Food labels for each food item to be discussed
- Fast food and regular food composition tables
- Calculator (one per group)
- Copies of the handout:
"How Much Sugar is in the Foods We Eat?" (one per family)
Activity 4 (optional): Portion Distortion
- One bell for each team
- Markers
- Flipcharts and flipchart paper
- 5 Portion Distortion handouts
- Handout: "Strategies to Control Portion Distortion while Eating Out"
- Prizes for winner
ACTIVITY 5 (optional): Baking -- Now and Then
All materials for this activity depend on recipes used.
- Hand mixer (rotary beaters, non electric)
- Flour sifter
- Dough mixer
- Baking pans
- Kitchen facility with oven and sink, microwave and convection oven
- 1 recipe and 1 prepared mix for the same item
Activity 6: Sharing Visions
- Pens/ Pencils
- Copies of the handout: "Sharing Visions -- How We Learn Together about Food and Nutrition" (one per family).
Take Out Activity: The Family Meeting
Contact Us
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- Email msk15@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-7871
Contact Us
- Professor, Intergenerational Programs and Aging
- Email msk15@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-7871