Foods and home making

When people do not eat the right kind of food, their weight is seldom what it should be. In the appendix of this book, pages 597-599, are height and weight tables for girls and boys. These tables give the normal height and weight for girls and boys who are eating wholesome foods and are healthy. Is your weight what it should be for your age and height? If not, it may be that you are not eating the right kind and quantity of food. As you study this text you will learn what foods are wholesome not only for breakfast but for all meals of the day. From what you learn you should be able to select and prepare the right foods for health. Note that in these tables the number of ounces you should gain each month is given. As the months go by, check up on your weight and see if you are gaining what you should. SUMMARY Breakfast should he eaten because the body needs foods regularly. Less food should usually be eaten for breakfast than for other meals because the body has rested during the night, and little exercise is takei? before breakfast. 6 Breakfast The kind and amount of food eaten should depend upon a person’s occupation, age, and state of health. The height and weight of a person may be affected by food. REVIEW QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES Answer these questions orally or record answers in your notebook. Do not write in this book. 1. Is it just as well to eat no breakfast if enough food for both breakfast and luncheon is eaten at noon ? Explain your answer. 2. Does the average person need breakfast if he has not worked or exercised since eating the evening meal? Explain. 3. If you, a high-school pupil, need more food than your grandmother but less than a three-year-old child, upon what does the difference in amount of food depend? 4. Plan at least two breakfasts suitable for yourself. 5. Plan a breakfast for your mother and father. 6. Did you make any difference in your own and your parents’ break- fast? If so, why did you make the difference? 7. What foods may be considered basic breakfast foods? HOME WORK 1. Take to school a list of the foods you eat for breakfast for one week. Do not sign your name to the list. 2. Discuss the lists in class.1 lNote to the Teacher: If desired, the lists may be folded, blank side of paper out. Then they may be collected and redistributed so that no pupil gets his own paper. The menus may then be criticized or commended impersonally. CHAPTER II SELECTING FRUITS AT MARKET — SERVING UNCOOKED FRUITS AT BREAKFAST Can you answer these questions ? If not, look for the answers as you study this chapter. 1. If the skin of a banana is green at the tip, is it fit to eat uncooked? 2. When buying oranges how can you tell whether they are juicy? 3. Why is it very important to wash the skin of an apple carefully before eating it ? 4. Cantaloupes are fine-flavored only when they are ripe. How can you tell before tasting whether a cantaloupe is ripe ? 5. Which is correct, — to remove the stems from strawberries before or after washing them? 6. Does the deep color of orange skin always indicate that the fruit is ripe? 7. What kind of orange often has green spots on the rind when the fruit is ripe ? 8. Why do hand-picked apples usually sell for more than windfalls? What do we need to know in order to buy wisely? If you