The document discusses healthy eating and grouping foods into five categories: carbohydrates, fruit and vegetables, proteins, dairy, and fats and sugars. It explains that carbohydrates provide energy, fruits and vegetables supply minerals and vitamins, proteins help repair the body, dairy contains vitamins A and D, and fats and sugars are used for energy but should be limited. The learning objective is to understand an adequate and varied diet through a food pyramid showing which foods should be eaten most and least.

1. Healthy Eating
Learning objective: To
know that to stay healthy
we need an adequate and
varied diet.

2. Which foods are good/bad for you?

3. How do we group foods?
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There are five food groups, these are;
Carbohydrates
Fruit and vegetables
Proteins
Dairy
Fats and sugars

4. Which foods go in each category?

5. Food Pyramid
Fats & Sugars
Dairy
Proteins
Fruit and Vegetables
Carbohydrates

6. What does each food type do for
you?
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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.

7. 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.