To Snack or Not to Snack

Or Should I Graze?

What should you do?

Snack – eating food between 3 larger meals

Graze – eating 6 small meals/day

Why Snack?

Hungry

Stress-reliever

Socialization

Advertising

Make Good Choices

Listen to your body

Are you eating because you’re hungryOR

Is it habit?

Make Good Choices

Choose nutritious snacks

1. Eat foods that take longer to eat

- popcorn, apple

2. Hot foods fill you faster

3. High fiber foods keep you full longer

- popcorn, apple

Snacks are smaller than a meal Eat foods from every food group

Make Good Choices

Make Good Choices

Stay away from EMPTY CALORIES – foods with high amounts of calories but little nutrition