The Young People’s Healthy Heart Program

FAT TUBES DISPLAY KIT - HOW MUCH FAT?

How Much Fat? Part I helps students or adult consumers understand how big a gram of fat is—the term used on labels. By seeing and holding each test tube, you can easily compare the amount of fat in various foods (e.g., fat-free skim milk vs. whole milk). With help from these tubes, you can show people how much fat they eat. This set of tubes displays the amount of fat in the following foods. (10 tubes).

1. Hot Dog

2. Ground Beef

3. Bologna

4. Chicken

5. Cheese

6. Fish

7. Whole Milk

8. Fast Food Cheeseburger

9. Fat-Free Skim Milk

10. Ice Cream

This set comes with a brochure with information and teaching ideas.

10 tubes are about 1/2" in diameter. Please store away from high heat sources or sunlight.

There are so many ways you can use your fat tubes.

• You can display real food next to each tube.

• Use with our "How Much Fat" Poster

• or use with the fat content"Guide to Fats and Oils" poster

• Or add menus with nutrition facts from your location.

• Compare a real potato next to potato chips for a great lesson on how processing affects the nutrition content of foods.

SUGAR TUBE DISPLAY KIT

How Much Sugar? The Sugar Test Tube Set demonstrates to students and adult consumers how much sugar is added to various foods and how added sugar contributes to overweight and obesity. Looking at these dramatic tubes will help everyone understand how the average American consumes almost 1 cup of sugar daily!

This test tube set displays the amount of sugar in the following ten popular foods:

1. soda pop

2. chocolate bar

3. gelatin dessert

4. brownie

5. chocolate chip cookie

6. pancake syrup

7. toaster pastry

8. apple pie

9. vanilla ice cream

10. sugary cereal

Amounts are shown in teaspoons so consumers can get a great visual of how much sugar is added to processed food. This set comes with a brochure with information and teaching ideas. Store away from high heat or sunlight. Tubes are 4/5" in size, with one tube sized about 1".

There are so many ways you can use your tubes.

• You can display real food next to each tube.

• Or add more beverages and have consumers measure out the sugar to go next to each one.

• Compare an apple to apple pie or an apple pop tart for a great lesson on refined versus whole foods.

One glance at your display will get them on the right track forever.

• Pair the tubes with a sugar poster or handouts so learners can take the lesson home.

SALT TUBE DISPLAY KIT - HOW MUCH SALT?

How much salt are you eating? Yes, even if you never use the salt shaker!

The average American eats two to four times the recommended salt intake every day! Too much sodium can raise blood pressure as well as keep blood pressure high in people with hypertension.

How Much Salt? will help you counsel people of all ages to make wise decisions by allowing children, teens, or adults to see how much salt is in their food. Because consumers are familiar with salt, sodium values have been converted to salt for display in the test tubes.

Twelve tubes contain the following foods:

1. Average American Salt Intake

2. Pork Chops

3. Recommended Salt Intake

4. Ham

5. Amount of Salt Needed Daily

6. Fast Food Cheeseburger

7. Canned Chicken Noodle Soup

8. Potatoes

9. Homemade Soup

10. Potato Chips

11. Canned Chow Mein

12. A Typical Picnic Meal (Hot Dog, Chips & Beans)

This set comes with a brochure with information and teaching ideas. 10 are about 1/2" in diameter, with two larger tubes being 1" in diameter. Please store away from high heat sources or sunlight.

There are so many ways you can use your salt tubes.

• You can display real food next to each tube.

• Or add more popular foods from your area and have consumers measure the salt by the teaspoon to go next to each one.

• Compare a real potato next to potato chips for a great lesson on refined versus whole foods.