Healthy Eating

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Healthy Eating

• Learning objective To know that to stay healthy
  we need an adequate and varied diet.

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Which foods are good/bad for you?
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How do we group foods?

• There are five food groups, these are
• Carbohydrates
• Fruit and vegetables
• Proteins
• Dairy
• Fats and sugars

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Which foods go in each category?
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What happens if you eat too much of one food
group?

• In Tudor times, babies who were born to rich
  people would not always live past infancy, where
  as babies born to the poor had a higher chance of
  surviving.
• Why do you think this was?

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Answer

• Children who were born to rich families lived on
  a diet made up of mainly protein that is found in
  meat, where as children born to poorer families
  lived on a diet largely made up of fruit and
  vegetables. This provided them with more of the
  nutrients needed to make a healthy balanced diet.

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Food Pyramid
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What does each food type do for you?

• Carbohydrates Their main function is to give you
  energy. If you eat more than required then your
  body stores it as fat.
• Fruit and Vegetables They provide your body with
  the minerals and vitamins it needs to maintain
  good nutrition.
• Protein This helps your body to repair itself
  and assists with growth and the smooth running of
  your body parts.
• Dairy Provides your body with vitamin A and
  vitamin D, however some dairy products can have a
  high fat content.
• Fats and Sugars Our bodies use these for energy,
  however we need very little fats and it is better
  to get your energy from carbohydrates. Large
  amounts of saturated fats can cause heart disease
  which is the biggest killer in adults today
  because their arteries become clogged up with fat
  deposits.

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Task

• To create a food pyramid showing the foods that
  we should eat most of at the bottom and the foods
  that we should eat less of at the top layer.
• Once you have drawn the pyramid, place the foods
  from the list under the correct headings and
  explain how each of the five food groups
  contributes to a balanced diet.