I am giving an informative talk to Boy Scouts (13-14yrs old) about Healthy Eating, any advice?

Question

Any advice about how to keep them interested and make them listen?

Answer 1

Give sample food on toothpicks during your talk... like maybe a selection of cheeses, fruits, etc... that's provided you have a budget to allow you to do this

Answer 2

Healthy eating will affect their entire lives and the lives of their children. If we had a healthy diet 70=90% of diseass would litterly go away. Fruits and Veggies are tasty, and very good for you. It is wonderful if they are raw and vine ripe and organic (in that perfect world), limited meats, nothing fried, no fast foods, nothing white. But we all know that is not going to happen. So push fruits and veggies (and McD french fries are not a vegetable-anymore) From the time you are born, if you do not get proper nutrition your body consumes it's self and later shows up as a health problem and makes you more sustible to bacteria, viruses and other ailments.

I have some good illustrations if you want them, email me.
And you can go on nearly any major new web site and click on health and they will have great information. You are what you eat.

I know I don't eat entirely the correct foods (no one does) so I take a nutritional supplement that is whole food (17 fruits and veggies, vineripe, organic), so I feel when I didn't eat properly ....I did get my fruits and veggies. www.juiceplus.com/+Lb53116 if you want to check it out. Many doctors use JP+ in their practices and lots of sports team have their players take it.

Answer 3

I remember one time a lady told a group of us when we were kids, to look at labels when we go to the market. She challenged us to read the labels and not buy anything that has sugar listed as one of the top 3 ingredients. This was very effective, because it made us health-conscious & empowered us as far as controlling what we ate instead of just picking up what we see. Everyone wants to eat healthy, but everyone doesn't know how. People always say "don't eat this" or "don't eat that" but this would make a kid feel powerless as to what they should eat.
Have pictures of Nutrition Facts & explain what everything means. Also, the food pyramid would need lots of explaining. People think "how can i eat all of that in one day?" Explain that most foods fall into more than one category and that a balanced meal would include a few food groups.

Answer 4

Talk to them almost the same way that you would talk to adults. If you treat them like little kids or come across as nervous or that you are trying too hard you will not hold their attention. Keep it light and simple and perhaps start off by quizzing them on what they already know. Boys that age are somewhat competitive. Try to find some interesting facts about the topic that might interest teen age boys. Throw in a light joke or two. Have fun!

Answer 5

Demonstrations are always an attention getter and keeper. Show them a healthy person, someone that eats right, doesn't smoke or drink and exercises regularly. Then show them an unhealthy person! Explain life expectancy. Ask them which one they would prefer to look like. Bring a really pretty girl into the room (that should get their attention!) and ask HER which guy, the healthy one or the unhealthy one, she would prefer to date.
Food samples are a great idea. And give them some fun exercises, not sit-ups or push-ups but throwing the football, activities that get their hearts pumping and lets them have fun too.

Answer 6

Give out food samples. Have pictures showing what happens if you don't eat healthy. Ask questions throughout your speech.

Answer 7

healthy eating stops you getting fat and gets you fit.

Fit guys get girls, sex, girls, bjs, girls

fat guys only get their right hand

simple

Answer 8

dont choke