Associate Level Material
Appendix H

Outline and Thesis Statement Guide

What is your thesis statement? Healthy eating is important for everyone. Eating a variety of foods gives you the nutrients needed to maintain your health, feel good, and have energy.

I. Introduction When eating healthy, it means to give you the variety of foods that have many nutrients to maintain your health, make you feel good about yourself, and also have energy that we all need every day to run on. Nutrition is important worldwide. By eating healthy it helps your body to stay strong and healthy. A healthy life is a happy life. II. The types of food should you be eating when trying to stay healthy. A. Things you should eat when trying to stay healthy.. 1. Fruits is one good way of eating healthy. 2. Vegetables is another good way of eating healthy. B. Things you shouldn’t eat when trying to eat healthy. 1. A lot of salts is bed eating. 2. A lot of fats in your diet isn’t good when trying to eat healthy.
III. Some things that can help when eating healthy. A. How healthy eating benefits you. 1. Eating healthy makes you live longer. 2. Eating healthy helps fight diseases. B. How healthy eating affects you. 1. Healthy eating makes you feel better about yourself. 2. Eating healthy gives you energy.
IV. Maintaining a healthy weight. A. Balancing your food choices over time for healthy eating. 1. Select foods that are low in ingredients when eating healthy. 2. When missing out on one food group one day make up for it the next day. B. Knowing your diet pitfalls. 1. Write down everything you eat for a few days. 2. Check your list of what you ate that day.
V. The type of diet you should be on. A. Eat regular meals when trying to eat healthy. 1. Portion out