Workshop 7 - 4H

My workshop was hosted by the Food Doods Club at the 4-H Youth Center. We arrived and  the children were full of energy! I tasked them with drawing their favorite food or what they ate today as the food groups on My Plate.

We began prepping the berry smoothies and hummus sandwiches as the kids enthusiastically drew and discussed their favorite foods with us. We began our presentation on fad diets and calorie counting. Most of the kids had heard about the diets but were unsure of how healthy they actually were. We finished presenting and answered a lot of great questions from the kids and adults in the room.

Finally we gave out the smoothies with granola as a topping and the kids loved them! We let them choose their own ingredients for their sandwiches and I explained the nutritional value of all the parts of their sandwiches. We finished with a video on fad diets by TedEd.

Overall I had so much fun during this workshop and the participants agreed. It was the perfect way to end my series of workshops and I'm so grateful for the opportunity to present at the youth center.

TedEd Video:  "Watch out for those Fad Diets!"