PresentationWhat is a Balanced Diet?
Learn about how to have a balanced diet!
What is a Balanced Diet?
What is a Balanced Diet?
The food we eat should provide us with the right nutrients to grow and keep our bodies healthy. Our diet is the type of food we eat.
To stay healthy we need a varied diet that ensures it has all of the five food groups.
What are the five food groups?
Fruit and vegetables
Fruit and vegetables give us vitamins, helping our immune system digestion.
Carbohydrates
Carbohydrates give us energy
Proteins
Proteins help our bodies to grow and repair
Dairy
Dairy gives us strong teeth and bones
Fats and oils
Fats and oils store energy for when we need it
Keeping it balanced!
We need to eat fatty foods that contain lots of sugar on occasion. They don’t give our bodies any nutritional value.
What would an unhealthy diet look like?
How often do you eat treat food?
Healthy and unhealthy drinks
What drinks are Healthy? Many soft drinks are high in sugar.
Water is a healthy as it contains no sugars that can damage teeth.
Challenge time!
Eating less meat is good for the environment. Could you eat one portion less meat per week?
Amazing you have learned about food groups and nutrition!
The End!
