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Eating Healthy

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Sixth graders record what they eat for an entire day. They use the Food Pyramid and determine whether or not they ate the recommended amounts and recommended foods. They write a plan of how they could improve their eating habits.

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the food pyramid, food, diet

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diet, food pyramid, guidelines, health
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6th
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Health
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