How To: Use MyPlate to Create Healthy Meals Workshop

Have you been tasked to create a presentation about healthy eating? Are you fumbling with where to start? Look no further! This family-friendly, 50-60 minute long workshopis perfect for teaching adults and school-age children about the basics of MyPlate. Created using a dialogue approach, this workshop engages your learners, expands their knowledge, allows them to exercise that new knowledge, and elevates their understanding to take it home.

In this lesson you will engage your groups with a thought-provoking question about MyPlate to ground the topic into their lives, expand their knowledge about the five food groups and how to use MyPlate to eat healthily, get their hearts pumping with a brief activity break, allow them to exercise that new knowledge in a meal planning activity, and elevate it home with a solid takeaway. 

This toolkit contains:

• PowerPoint presentation you can customize
• Lesson plan outline
• Activity worksheet
• Ideas for takeaway items

This lesson is ideal for families, but can also be used with adults-only classes, and classes with children ages 10+. It can be customized to different age and literacy levels. 

If you’d like to learn more about my approach to creating engaging and dynamic workshops, check out my workbook right here on Well Resourced Dietitian Marketplace that walks you through creating your very own!