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Session Name: **My Pyramid or Your Pyramid** - Using technology to teach nutrition
Presenter Name(s): Susan Stinson School or District: Southern Regional Middle School, Manahawkin, New Jersey Email: sstinson@srsd.net About this session:

Explore the ways to use the USDA [|Choose My Plate]website when teaching nutriton. This is the newly updated version of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans - 2010. We will find ways to combine the plate icon with the previous icon of MyPyramid, with the better understanding of the site, you will find a way to actively engage your students in healthy eating. This site offers tools for every level of student. The new MyPlate symbol will be explored; using it to identify healthy eating habits, combined with an active lifestyle. Games, food and exercise tracking and a variety of other interactive tools are available to all. Come and explore how you can integrate this tool into your curriculum as we help to fight the childhood obesity epidemic.

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