You are what you eat!

L/O ;- To what makes a balanced diet

Look at the food diaries. What do

you think they are missing?

How do you think you could improve this diet?

Food Diary 1

Breakfast Peanut butter on toast Chocolate Milk

Lunch2 bags of crisps 1 slice of pizza Lemonade

Dinner Fish fingers Chips Ice-creamCoke

Food Diary 2

Breakfast No breakfast

LunchGreen salad Apple OrangeWater

Dinner Rice Vegetable curry Water

Food Diary 3 Breakfast Boiled egg on brown toastAppleGlass of milk

LunchBrown bread Cheese and salad sandwich OrangeWater

Dinner Spaghetti Bolognaise Fruit Salad Water

Food Diary 4 Breakfast Cereal and Milk 2 packets of skittles on the way to school

Lunch1 packet of crispsCheese and pickle wrap 2 cookies Slush puppy Snickers bar

Dinner Sweet and sour chicken and riceChocolate ice-cream Toffee popcorn when watching film

• Carbohydrates• Proteins• Fats• Minerals• Vitamins• Fibre• Water

What does a balanced diet look like?

For a balanced diet we should eat all of these nutrients (although the amount we should eat for each may be different)

Which of these should you eat the most of and

least of?

Click on the link to play the interactive game and find out what makes a balanced diet and why this is important to your health and well being

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks3bitesize/science/organisms_behaviour_health/diet_drugs/activity.shtml

Nutrient How the body uses it Food sources it is contained in

Carbohydrate

To provide energy Cereals; bread; pasta; potatoes (sugars and starch)

Protein For growth, making new cells and repair of our bodies

Fish; meat; eggs; dairy products

Fat To provide energy, as a store of energy & for insulation

Butter; oil; nuts

Minerals Needed in small amounts to maintain health

Salt; milk (calcium); liver (iron)

Vitamins Needed in small amounts to maintain health

Dairy foods; fruit; vegetables

Fibre To provide roughage to help keep food passing through the gut

Vegetables; bran; wholemeal bread

Water Needed by cells and for body fluids

Fruit juice; milk; water(!)

So what have you eaten in the last 24

hours?

Do you think this is a balanced diet?

How could you improve it?