Topic | Subtopic | Objective | Activity included |
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Topic 1: Wake-Up Call/Time to Act | Unit 1: Are You at Risk? | To create awareness among the target groups (parents, teachers, and students) on unhealthy food intake | Class teaching |
Unit 2: Challenges in Body Weight Loss and Management | To expose the target groups (parents, canteen operators, teachers, and students) to challenges of weight loss management | 听 | |
Unit 3: Time to Act | To provide exposure to the parents on nutrition intervention sessions that must be taken by the students in the MyBFF@school program | 听 | |
Topic 2: My Body Weight/Know My Body Weight | Unit 1: My Body Weight/Know My Body Weight | 1. To perform anthropometric measurements (height and weight) 2. To calculate the BMI and plot the data on growth charts 3. To interpret the results of BMI for age | Practical session on weight and height measurement, calculation and interpretation of BMI using growth charts |
Topic 3: Eat Well, Be Well | Unit 1: A Balancing Act/Count to Be Fit | 1. To know the concept of energy balance 2. To know the sources and total energy intake 3. To know the total energy consumption | Interactive game on getting to know the food pyramid and physical activity pyramid |
Unit 2: Fill In My Plate/Healthy Eating Plan | 1. To understand and apply the concept of the Malaysian Food Pyramid/Healthy Plate 2. To understand menu planning | Practical session on how to plan meals with the Malaysian Healthy Plate | |
Unit 3: Awesome Fruits and Veggies | 1. To know the importance of daily fruit and 2. vegetable consumption 3. To know the ways of increasing the intake of fruits and vegetables 4. To understand and apply the number of recommended servings | Fruit serving size drawing | |
Unit 4: Plain Water My Best Friend | To know the importance of drinking plain water | Interactive session to determine the amount of sugar content in beverages | |
Unit 5: Less Salt and Fat/Snack Attack | To guide the students on how to choose a healthy snack including foods with less salt and fat | Interactive session to guess the amount of salt/sodium content in food | |
Topic 4: Make a Better Life | Unit 1: Breakfast Power | 1. To know the importance of breakfast 2. To know the benefits of breakfast in learning 3. To know about healthy breakfast options | Interactive session with the students on a sample of healthy breakfast |
Topic 5: MyBFF Smart Shopping, Preparing Meal Together and Eating Out | Unit 1: Smart Shopping | 1. To provide guidance to the students on how to read and understand food labels and how to choose food wisely 2. To provide guidance to the students on how to prepare healthy foods and practice healthy eating 3. To provide guidance on how to make healthy food choices when eating out | Classroom teaching |
Unit 2: Let鈥檚 Cook/Prepare Meal Together | To teach children how to prepare healthy food | Preparing healthy balanced meals (e.g., sandwiches) | |
Unit 3: Eating Out: Fast Food/Food Outlet/School Canteen/Hawkers | To provide information on how to make healthy choices when eating out | 听 |