Healthy Eating in Hartford

Healthy Eating in HartfordElaina RollinsKatie Barlok

WHO? Fifth grade classroom in a Hartford public school with students who are predominantly lower class and students of color.

INTRODUCTION TO THE CURRICULUM

WHY?• Experience in school placements• Hartford is a food desert

FOOD DESERT: An urban neighborhood or rural town without ready access to fresh, healthy, and affordable food. 33% of Hartford citizens live in poverty. Nutritional foods cost about $27/1000

calories, while saturated fat foods cost about $3/1000 calories

Latino children in Hartford report eating nearly 7 servings of sweets a day and only 3 servings of fruits and vegetables.

FOOD INSECURITY IN HARTFORD

SOURCE: Hartford Food System, Livestrong

• Students will learn about short-term and long-term effects of healthy eating. • Students will analyze the influence of

media on food choices.• Students will assess food price injustice

in their own community. • Students will learn to value and utilize

the benefits of community gardens. • Students will advocate for personal and

school community health.

OBJECTIVES

MONDAY• Daily Food Journals• Healthy snack tasting• Healthy eating

worksheet

TUESDAY• Junk food

advertisement discussion

• Creation of a healthy food advertisement

OVERVIEW OF THE WEEK

WEDNESDAY• Shopping on a budget

activity

THURSDAY• Field trip to Trinfo Café

Garden

FRIDAY• Refl ection on daily lunch

journals• Discussion of nutritional

problems within the school• Letter to school principal

about ideas for change

OBJECTIVE: Students will analyze the influence of media on food choices.

TUESDAY

The final assessment will focus on each student’s letter to the school principal and how well their letter incorporates:

•Observations of school lunches• Facts from the healthy eating worksheet• Food price injustice knowledge • Community garden knowledge

FINAL ASSESSMENT