Natural Sciences and Technology Grade 6-A - Thunderbolt Kids
Natural Sciences and Technology Grade 6-A - Thunderbolt Kids Natural Sciences and Technology Grade 6-A - Thunderbolt Kids
3 Nutrition NEW WORDS • diet • balanced 36 KEY QUESTIONS • Ilove eating fast foods but why does my mom say it is not good for me? • Why must I eat my vegetables if Ijust want to eat protein, bread and pasta? • Can I get sick if Ido not eat the right foods or not enough of a certain type of food? 3.1 A balanced diet Now we know that there are dierent foods that are classified into the four food groups. The next step is to see what amounts of each food group we need to eat regularly to stay healthy. This is called abalanced diet. What is adiet? QUESTIONS Discuss the word diet with your class and come up with a definition for this word. Write it below. Food pyramids A food pyramid provides aguide to a healthy balanced diet. It shows how to classify food types into dierent levels. A balanced healthy diet will include servings from each level of the food pyramid and will show the correct quantities you need to eat: • You need to eat a little of the food at the top (oils, sweets, etc.)
• The food in the middle of the pyramid, fruit and vegetables, must also be eaten in fair amounts. • You should eat less meat, chicken, fish and other proteins than vegetables and fruit. • You need to eat more of the food at the bottom of the pyramid (breads, pastas, rices, etc.). Here is an example of afood pyramid: Some people eat a very unhealthy diet and turn the food pyramid upside down! They eat far more sweets, cakes, fatty rich food and far less vegetables and starches! Chapter 3. Nutrition 37
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3 Nutrition<br />
NEW WORDS<br />
• diet<br />
• balanced<br />
36<br />
KEY QUESTIONS<br />
• Ilove eating fast foods but why does my mom say it is not<br />
good for me?<br />
• Why must I eat my vegetables if Ijust want to eat protein,<br />
bread <strong>and</strong> pasta?<br />
• Can I get sick if Ido not eat the right foods or not enough<br />
of a certain type of food?<br />
3.1 A balanced diet<br />
Now we know that there are dierent foods that are classified into<br />
the four food groups. The next step is to see what amounts of<br />
each food group we need to eat regularly to stay healthy. This is<br />
called abalanced diet. What is adiet?<br />
QUESTIONS<br />
Discuss the word diet with your class <strong>and</strong> come up with a<br />
definition for this word. Write it below.<br />
Food pyramids<br />
A food pyramid provides aguide to a healthy balanced diet. It<br />
shows how to classify food types into dierent levels. A balanced<br />
healthy diet will include servings from each level of the food<br />
pyramid <strong>and</strong> will show the correct quantities you need to eat:<br />
• You need to eat a little of the food at the top (oils, sweets,<br />
etc.)
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