The balance of good health

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Key Stage 2, 7-11 years
The balance of good health
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Learning objectives

• To understand that the human body requires a
  variety of foods and nutrients to function
  properly
• To know that our bodies need some in larger
  amounts than others
• To recognise the healthier options
• To understand how eating healthily and exercising
  play a big part in keeping the body healthy

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Activity 1
Seeds goes shopping
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Our bodies
The human body needs lots of different nutrients
to function properly. Nutrients are found in the
food that we eat.
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Our bodies
No single type of food can give us all the
nutrients we need. We need to eat lots of
different foods in different amounts.
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Our bodies
This means that whilst no food should be excluded
from our diets, we need to be careful about the
amount we eat of each food.
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Our bodies
Its not hard to create a healthy diet that is
tasty and interesting which can help keep us
healthy!
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What are the food groups?

• Foods are divided into different categories
• Meat, fish and alternatives
• Bread, cereals and potatoes
• Milk and dairy
• Fatty and sugary foods
• Fruit and vegetables

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Meat, fish and alternatives

• Food included in this food group are
• Salmon
• Bacon
• Chicken
• Lentils
• Eggs

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Bread, cereals and potatoes

• Food included in this food group are
• Pitta bread
• Jacket potato
• Porridge oats
• Rice
• Spaghetti

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Milk and dairy

• Food included in this food group are
• Milk
• Cheese
• Fromage frais
• Greek yoghurt
• Milkshake

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Fatty and sugary foods

• Food included in this food group are
• Chocolate
• Healthy spread
• Crisps
• Fizzy pop
• Butter

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Fruit and vegetables

• Food included in this food group are
• Apples
• Bananas
• Cabbages
• Avocados
• Onions

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Healthier choice?
Now its time for a quick quiz! Do you know which
are the healthier food choices in the different
food groups?
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Meat, fish and alternatives
or
Grilled salmon
Fried bacon
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Bread, cereals and potatoes
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White bread
Wholemeal bread
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Milk and dairy
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Greek yoghurt
Lower fat fromage frais
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Fatty and sugary foods
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Healthy spread
Butter
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Fruit and vegetables
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Apples
Cabbage
We should all try to eat at least five pieces of
fruit and vegetables every day.
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Activity 2
Welcome to Seeds Restaurant
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Welcome to Seeds Restaurant
Seeds has just opened a healthier option
restaurant. He has created three different menus
that include a breakfast, lunch and dinner
option.
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Welcome to Seeds Restaurant
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Welcome to Seeds Restaurant
Can you create your own healthy options
restaurant menu? Remember to
include healthy choices for breakfast, lunch and
dinner.
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Activity 3
Design your own Healthier Choice food product
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Design your own Healthier Choice food product
Food packaging makes products appeal to shoppers
and helps them stand out on the shelf. It also
contains important information to help us decide
if we would like to buy the product or not.
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Whats in a list? This tells us exactly what has
gone into the food and can help us decide if we
want to buy it.
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Whats in a number? This shows us exactly how
much nutrients and energy are in our foods.
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Whats in a date? This tells us when we have to
eat it by.
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Whats in a word? Including a simple healthy fact
can make your product stand out.
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Whats in a picture? A picture can help us see
where our food has come from and can show some of
the ingredients.
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Whats in a slogan? This can help you to remember
the product.
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Whats in a logo? This helps you tell one brand
from another and who made your food.
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Whats in a name? The name of a product tells us
what it is and can often tell us if it is a
healthy choice.
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Design your own Healthier Choice food product
Now its time for you to design your own healthier
choices food product.
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Design your own Healthier Choice food product
Remember to include all the different things that
can help your food product stand out!
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Activity 4
Love your health
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Love your health
Our bodies are amazing! Did you know we produce
new skin every month and a new skeleton every
three months? We only get one body so it is
important to keep fit and well.
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Love your health
Did you know that we use our muscles all the
time? We must keep active to help make our
muscles strong.
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Love your health
Did you know that every second, every minute and
every hour of every day our hearts pump blood
around our bodies? The blood is delivering oxygen
to every part of our bodies.
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Love your health
Did you know it is very important to eat well and
to keep active? Together, exercise and a balanced
diet help to keep us healthy.
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Love your body
Did you know that inside our body are important
organs? Do you know what they are and what they
do?
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Love your brain
Our brains control the whole body and its a bit
like a computer because it stores lots and lots
of information. Eating the right food helps us to
concentrate and helps our brains work better.
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Love your heart
Our hearts are about the same size as our fists
and will beat over 3 billion times during our
life times. Its very important to eat a balanced
diet and to exercise to keep our hearts healthy.
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Love your lungs
Its important to keep our lungs healthy and
avoid things like smoking. Smoking damages our
lungs delicate airways and causes disease.
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Love your kidneys
Its important to drink 6 - 8 glasses of fluids
every day. Water helps our kidneys flush out
waste from our bodies which comes out in our
urine.
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Love your liver
Our livers our the largest of all our internal
organs. It stores iron reserves, as well as
vitamins and minerals.
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Love your stomach
It is important to eat the right mix of food
because this is easy for our stomachs to digest.
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Love your small intestines
It takes between 2 6 hours for the food we have
eaten to travel to our small intestines. That is
even longer than a train journey from London to
Birmingham or Dublin to Cork!
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Love your large intestines
The large intestine is also called the bowel. We
must all make sure we eat enough fibre in our
diets so our large intestines work properly.
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Healthy body
Did you know that exercise is just as important
as a healthy diet? Do you know what effect
exercise has on your body during and afterwards?
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Healthy body
In pairs, follow the instructions on worksheet 8,
Seeds exercise experiment to find out how
exercise effects your body.
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Healthy body
Take it in turns and dont forget to record your
findings on your worksheet.
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Healthy body
Be careful when you do the exercises and if you
feel uncomfortable at any time make sure you let
the teacher know.
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Healthier Eating Certificate
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Congratulations! You have successfully completed
Healthier Eating training! Dont forget to
collect your certificate.