Developing Healthy Choices - Lesson One - The Eatwell Guide The UK Guide to Healthy Eating and Portion Control. Curriculum for Excellence Benchmark - Developing Healthy Choices

1. Eatwell Guide
An introduction

2. Be able to recognise The
Eatwell Guide as the UK
healthy eating model
and recall its key
messages
Be able to sort foods and
drinks and those
combination within
dishes into the correct
place on the Eatwell
Guide
Review a day’s menu
and provide feedback
on how it can be
improved based on the
Eatwell Guide
messaging
To show progress today I should …

3. Couscous salad
Fish and chips
Jacket potato
and grilled
chicken salad
Have a think about these 3 meals below.
What are their good and bad points?
Starter

4. The Eatwell Guide
The Eatwell Guide is the UK healthy eating model.
It shows us what we need to eat and drink to be healthy.
What can you see?
How many food
groups are there?
How much do we
need to drink?

5. Food group names Can you name all the food groups?

6. Food group names Can you name all the food groups?
Potatoes, bread, rice, pasta and other
starchy carbohydrates
Fruit and vegetables
Beans, pulses, fish, eggs, meat
and other proteins
Dairy and alternatives
Oil and spreads

7. Food group sizes
Why do you think the food groups
are different sizes?
To show us how
much we need to
eat from
each group!
Look at each group
and say if you think we
should eat
a lot,
some
or a little
food from the group.

8. Fruit and vegetables group
What foods can you see here?
How much do we need
to eat from this group?
Lots!

9. Fruit and vegetables group
• We need to have at least 5 portions
from this group every day.
• A portion is about what can fit into
your hand (for most fruit and
vegetables).
• Have a good variety.
What have you
eaten from this
group today?

10. Fruit and vegetables group
What counts towards 5 A DAY?
• For dried fruit, a portion is
about 30g – this counts
once a day.
• For fruit or vegetable juice,
a portion is 150ml – this
counts once a day.
• A dessert bowl of salad
counts as a portion.
• Fresh, frozen, canned,
dried or juiced types all
count!
Did you know that you should have
no more than 150ml in total of fruit juice
and/or smoothie a day?

11. Potatoes, bread, rice, pasta and other starchy carbohydrates
What foods can you see here?
How much do we need to eat
from this group?
Lots!

12. Potatoes, bread, rice, pasta and other starchy carbohydrates
• We need to base meals around
starchy foods - eat a food from this
group with every main meal.
• Choose higher fibre varieties of
these foods, e.g. wholegrain cereal,
brown bread, potatoes with skins on
(such as baked or new potatoes).
What would you have from
this group for…
 breakfast?
 lunch?
 evening meal?
Could you swap
any for higher fibre
varieties?

13. Beans, pulses, fish, eggs, meat and other proteins
How much do we need to
eat from this group?
Some!
What foods can you see here?

14. Beans, pulses, fish, eggs, meat and other proteins
• We need to have some foods from
this group every day.
• It is recommended that we have two
portions of fish every week, one of
which should be oily.
How many different types of
oily fish can you name?

15. Dairy and alternatives
How much do we need to eat from
this group?
Some!
What foods can you see here?

16. Dairy and alternatives
• We need to have some foods from
this group every day.
• Choose foods from this group that
are lower fat and lower sugar, e.g.
low fat natural yogurt, semi-skimmed
milk, reduced fat cheese.
What are your favourite
two foods
from this group?

17. Oil and spreads
How much do we need to
eat from this group?
A little!
What foods can you see here?

18. Oil and spreads
We only need a small amount of
food from this group.
When have you had foods
from this group?

19. Hydration How many drinks should
we have each day?
• We need more when we are active or
the weather is warm.
• Healthier drink choices are water,
lower fat milk and juice.
• Remember, limit juice and/or smoothies
to 150ml a day.
What have you
had to drink
today?
We need to have between
6-8 drinks every day.
Glass of
fruit
juice
Glass of
water
Glass of
milk

20. Foods and drinks high in fat, salt and/or sugars
Can you see any foods that are not in the Eatwell Guide food groups?
Foods high in fat, salt and sugars
are not in the five food groups.
This is because we don’t need
these foods to be healthy.
If you have these types of foods
and drinks, make sure you only
have them occasionally and in
small amounts.
Can you name three other
foods and drinks like these?

21. Sort the foods
Where do these foods belong? Broccoli
Spread
Natural Yoghurt
Baked Potato
Lean beef mince

22. Sort the foods
Where do these foods belong?
Broccoli
Spread
Natural Yoghurt
Baked Potato
Lean beef mince

23. Combination foods
Most of what we eat is made with foods from more than one food
group.
These dishes and meals are called ‘combination foods’.
Sort the foods in this meal into
the correct food groups.
Bagel with soft cheese,
smoked salmon and orange juice

24. Combination foods
Most of what we eat is made with foods from more than one food group.
These dishes and meals are called ‘combination foods’.
Sort the foods in this meal
into the correct food groups.
Bagel
Soft cheese
Orange juice
Smoked salmon

25. Combination foods
Most of what we eat is made with foods from more than one food group.
These dishes and meals are called ‘combination foods’.
Sort the foods in this meal
into the correct food groups.
Bagel
Soft
cheese
Orange
juice
Smoked
salmon

26. Combination foods
Sort the foods in this meal into the correct food groups.
Baked potato with
beef mince, chilli
and a side salad

27. Combination foods
Sort the foods in this meal into the correct food groups.
Baked potato
Beef mince
Chilli
Salad

28. Combination foods
Sort the foods in this meal into the correct food groups.
Baked potato
Beef mince
Chilli
Salad

29. Sort the foods in this meal into the correct food groups.
Combination foods
Chicken, rice and
vegetables with a
glass of milk

30. Sort the foods in this meal into the correct food groups.
Combination foods
Chicken
Rice
Vegetables
Milk

31. Sort the foods in this meal into the correct food groups.
Combination foods
Vegetables
Milk
Chicken
Rice

32. Have you had…
 at least 5 portions of fruit and vegetables
a starchy food with each main meal
some dairy food
some food from the protein group
only a little oil or spread
6-8 drinks
none, or very little of foods high in fat, salt or
sugars
a good variety of foods?
How do you know if you have eaten well over a day?
Look at the checklist and see how well you did!
Eat well checklist
Have a good variety –
eat a rainbow!
Go for higher fibre
varieties!
Remember, for juices
and smoothies, no
more than a total of
150ml a day!

33. Credits
• Scottish Government Eatwell guide images and information – Eatwell Guide
• Food a fact of life – Images and information - Eatwell guide
• Royalty Free Images used with under licence Shutterstock, glass of water, glass of milk, glass or orange juice, baked potato, broccoli, yoghurt, spread,
lean beef mince, baked potato with chilli, bagel with cream cheese & smoked salmon with orange juice
• Images used under licence: Dreamtime Chicken with vegetables and rice with milk Photo 116272158 © Buppha Wuttifery | Dreamstime.com