Welcome to Grade 10, Food and Nutrition, Ms. Freedman

Hello Everyone and welcome to our food and nutrition blog. Here you will find helpful links, posts,  assignments and many other useful materials to assist your success in this course. We have many things (theory and practice) to cover in the content that will meet the food and nutrition curriculum expectations. This blog will assist you if you are away ill, or on vacation, and things we do will be posted here. As you know attendance is essential in keeping up with the course content. If you miss a lab, try and practice some of the things we've completed at home. Should you or your parents need to contact me please call the school at 416-396-6883, or you can email me at leslie.freedman@tdsb.on.ca. I wish you the best of luck, and happy eating!
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I would like to wish all of you a very Happy Thanksgiving! Here is a great website to retrieve recipes for all kinds of occasions. It will also be helpful when you need recipe(s) for your culminating unit/course assignment: click here to get recipe ideas.
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Click here to link to food industry jobs in Canada careers.
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October 22nd, 2012 - Good food choices, and exercise are the key ingredients to a healthy body. In this next unit (2), we will go through Canada's Food Guide and discuss the contents, how to use it to plan a breakfast, lunch and dinner menu. We will then discuss the most important meal of the day and examine issues of skipping meals. Then, we will talk about nutrients in our diets, water, take-out aka fast foods, and finally have our unit test. We will have at least 2 or 3 kitchen labs that relate to breakfast, lunch and dinner meals. Have fun!  

December 15th, 2012 - Hope everyone has begun their reflections on Body Image. I've changed the due date to December 18th, 2012, as you may have questions on Monday December 17th, 2012. Here are some links just in case you missed the classes. Dying to Be Thin. 

Some other ideas to consider when writing your reflections, and questions you may want to ask yourself: Why do people want to be young, what kinds of body altering surgeries are people doing, i.e. implants, lipo suction, permanent make-up, hair implants, etc., what has changed from 1950 to 2012. What was the body mass index (BMI) in the 1950's, 60's, etc., what has changed for both females and males, what are the expectations in today's society. How will this affect your eating patterns and how will these things affect your lifestyle?