The "Big 6" Nutrients
Society vs. Reality
Label Detective
Fad Diets
Everyday School Life
200

This nutrient's main job is to build and repair muscles and body tissues.  

What are Proteins?

200

Social media often projects a "thin ideal" or "muscular ideal" using these digital alterations.

What are Media Filters?

200

 On an ingredient list, ingredients are ordered based on this measurement, starting with what weighs the most.

What is Weight?  

200

A fad diet is often described as a "get _____ quick" plan

What is Thin?

200

You're starving during 3rd period because you skipped breakfast. Which "Big 6" nutrient did your brain miss out on to help you focus in class?  

What are Carbohydrates?

400

This nutrient is your body's preferred fuel source and provides the energy your brain needs to focus in class.

What are Carbohydrates?

400

MYTH or REALITY: Thinness equals healthy

 Myth (Health comes in every size).

400

This rule requires labels to clearly list allergens like milk, eggs, shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, soybeans, and sesame.

What is The "Big 9" Rule?

400

Fad diets usually involve limiting or eliminating entire _____ groups

What are Food Groups?


400

You see a fitness influencer on TikTok or Instagram with a "perfect" body. Why shouldn't you compare your real body to their picture?

What are Media Filters (or digital alterations / most healthy bodies don't look like that)?  

600

This nutrient is essential for brain development and helps your body absorb fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E, and K)

What are Fats?

600

Complete this statement: "You cannot judge a person's fitness or habits just by their _____".

What is Appearance?

600

This specific statement at the end of an ingredient list clearly highlights key allergen ingredients.

 What is The "Contains" Statement?

600

Name two of the four fad diet examples shown in the presentation.  

What are Keto, Whole30, Atkins, or Fasting?

600

Your friend at the lunch table has a severe peanut allergy. What type of bodily reaction are they trying to avoid?

What is an Immune System Reaction (or allergic reaction like hives/swollen airways)?

800

This is the most vital nutrient that regulates body temperature and moves nutrients to your cells.

What is Water?

800

True or False: Most people's natural, healthy bodies look like the images projected on social media.  

False (Most natural, healthy bodies do not look like these digitally altered images)

800

Statements like "May contain traces of tree nuts" warn consumers about this potential issue.

What is Cross-Contact?

800

What is the primary reason "quick fix" fad diets fail?

They are extreme and hard to maintain for a long time.

800

You're reading the back of a cafeteria snack bag. Where on the package do you look to quickly check for major allergens like milk, eggs, or wheat?

What is the "Contains" Statement (or Ingredient List)?

1000

Unlike organic vitamins that heal wounds, these inorganic elements support overall growth in the body.

What are Minerals?

1000

Every cell in your body needs this fundamental resource to function, think, and move

What is Energy?

1000

This type of immune system reaction occurs soon after eating a food you are sensitive to, causing symptoms like hives or swollen airways.

What is a Food Allergy?

1000

 Instead of eliminating food groups with fad diets, your body acts like a high-performance machine needing specific parts from all of these.

What are The "Big 6" Nutrients?

1000

A classmate tells you they are trying a "get thin quick" trend where they completely skip lunch every day. What type of diet is this, and why will it fail?  

What is a Fad Diet / Fasting, and it fails because it's extreme and hard to maintain?