Central Health Education Unit, Department of Health

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Good things about fruit
Central Health Education Unit, Department of
Health
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What you are about to learn today
The know-how of becoming healthy and
smart Mom Newton teaches you
about eating fruit
How to make fruit a part of your life
How to choose the fresh and
delicious fruit
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Have you ever had these kinds of fruit?
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Do you know their names?
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Do you know their names?
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Are you familiar with the Food Pyramid?
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Which floor does fruit live?
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The Food Pyramid
Oil, salt, sugar
Meat, fish, eggs
Dairy
Fruit
Vegetables
Grains and cereals
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Getting to know about fruit
Major contents in fruit
Vitamins
Helps you grow and enhances your body functions
Water
Helps to quench thirst e.g. watermelon 90 is
water
Dietary fibre
Good for your stomach and bowels
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Benefits and importance of eating fruit
Helps bowel movements
Boost your immunity to prevent diseases
e.g. Cold and flu, obesity
Good to health, and delicious
Fruit has a lot of water, which can help quench
thirst
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The situation of fruit eating among primary
schoolchildren
19 out of 100 children are eating two servings or
more of fruit daily
Lets work together to improve this !
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Do you want to be healthy, happy and
sickness-free?
Be a friend of fruit now!
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Mom Newton says

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½ a pineapple??
10 apples??
2 servings!!!
2 pieces of banana??
The ideal quantity for a day is
5 strawberries??
¼ of an orange??
1 grape??
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1 serving means
2 small-sized fruit (plum, kiwifruit)
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1 serving means
1 medium-sized fruit (orange, apple, mango)
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1 serving means
½ piece of large-sized fruit (banana, star
fruit, grapefruit)
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1 serving means
½ cup of grapes, berries or cut fruit
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1 serving means
¼ cup of dried fruit without added sugar
(raisins, dried apple chips)
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1 serving means
¾ cup (150 ml) fruit juice without added sugar
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When would you eat fruit?
After dinner?
On festive days?
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At breakfast

Bread low-fat milk 1 serving of fruit
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During recess time
Fruit chips
Potato chips
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At lunch
Fast food of no good
Rice with peach and chicken fillets
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Dessert / tea break
Cake
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When thirsty
Pure fruit juice without added sugar
Soft drink
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Tips for smart kids
Do you know how to choose fruit?
Next time, when you go to the market for fruit
with your mom, remember to watch out for those
with shinny and smooth skin
X smell weird
full in shape
X worm-bitten
with a rich fragrance
X rotten
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Treat fruit carefully when returned home
Wash it thoroughly before eating
Put the unfinished fruit into refrigerator to
keep fresh
Throw away the fruit immediately if you find it
rotten or with bad smell
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Lets see if you know

1. Which one below is not fruit?

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2. Where can we find fruit in the Food
Pyramid? a. The 4th floor b. The 3rd
floor c. The 2nd floor d. The 1st
floor
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3. Can eating fruit prevent illnesses?
?
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4. Is that fruit can only be eaten after dinner?
a. Yes b. No
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5. How many servings of fruit should we eat
daily? a. One b. Two c. Three
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6. Are the following ways to handle fruit
correct? a. Wash thoroughly before eating
b. Eat orange with the peel c. Wrap the
unfinished fruit well and put into the
refrigerator d. Ignore worm bites and bad
smell with the fruit and eat it
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7. Can fruit juice replace water?
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8. Which of the followings makes at least 2
servings of fruit? a. 1 piece of banana b. 1
medium-size apple c. 3 strawberries 2 plums d.
½ cup of grapes 1 orange
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9. Which kind of fruit can be eaten with
the peel?
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10. Which one is not a function of fruit? a.
Helping digestion and bowel movements b.
Boosting immunity to prevent diseases c. Being
rich in water, which can help quench thirst d.
Preventing tooth decay
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Keep well in mind

• Fruit can boost immunity
• Eat 2 servings of fruit every day
• You can eat fruit with proper meals or during
  snack times

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The End

• Thank you!