Food and health
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This document presents a lesson on healthy and unhealthy foods. It discusses classifying foods into three groups: foods for energy, growth, and health. It emphasizes the importance of eating a balanced meal that contains foods from all three groups. Several activities are proposed to help students better understand food groups and balanced meals, including a drag and drop activity, creating a poster, role playing, and completing a crossword puzzle and other games. The goal is for students to understand which foods promote health and the benefits of balanced nutrition.
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Food and health
- 2. MOVING AROUND THE PAGES Home Forward Back Activities
- 3. Observe the 2 pictures given below DDDD 1. Which one of them contain food that will help us remain in good health? 2. Explain WHY? Click on the pictures to learn more
- 4. HEALTHY FOODS ` This picture shows some healthy foods. Healthy foods help us to remain in good health.
- 5. UNHEALTHY FOODS Unhealthy foods must be consumed in moderate amounts because they are not good for our body. They cause diseases such as: Obesity Dental decay Diabetes
- 6. HEALTHY/UNHEALTHY FOODS TASK 1: Let’s work out some activities on healthy/unhealthy foods
- 7. DDDD LEARNING OBJECTIVES At the end of the lesson, you should be able to: (i) recall the names of different food items, (ii) classify food items into three food groups, (iii) understand the importance of a ‘balanced/complete’ meal,
- 8. OBJECTIVE 1: RECALL THE NAMES OF DIFFERENT FOOD ITEMS Write the names of several food items learned from previous classes
- 9. TASK 2: WORK OUT A DRAG AND DROP ACTIVITY ON THE NAMES OF SEVERAL FOOD ITEMS
- 10. OBJECTIVE 2: CLASSIFY FOOD ITEMS INTO THREE FOOD GROUPS You will now learn about classification of food items into three main groups Click on the plate given to show examples of food in the different food groups FOOD FOR ENERGY FOOD FOR GROWTH FOOD FOR HEALTH
- 11. DDDD CLASSIFICATION OF FOOD ITEMS INTO THREE FOOD GROUPS FOOD FOR ENERGY FOOD FOR GROWTH FOOD FOR HEALTH
- 12. TASK 3: Draw some food items under each column
- 13. DDDD TASK 4: GROUP WORK: A POSTER ON CLASSIFICATION OF FOOD ITEMS Create a poster/chart by cutting & pasting pictures of food items in the appropriate food group. Final products
- 14. CASE STUDY Children are snacking more today than 25 years ago. The number of times kids eat between meals has increased. These snacks provide less calcium than regular meals and are higher in calories and fat. There is increased consumption of soft drinks, chips and salty snacks, and decreases in fruit, vegetables and milk. Such eating habits can cause diseases. Hence, it is better to consume balanced meals.
- 15. LET US NOW LEARN ABOUT: WHAT IS A BALANCED MEAL? A meal is balanced when it contains at least one item from each of the three food groups (food for energy, growth and health). By eating balanced meals, we can decrease the risk of developing diseases such as diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease.
- 16. DDDD OBJECTIVE 3: UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF BALANCED MEALS Watch a video on the importance of balanced meals http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58eFNxlLr5s&feature=related Click on the link to view the clip
- 17. WHY MUST WE EAT BALANCED MEALS? A balanced meal does magic for our bodies, it gives our bodies fuel and energy to grow well. If we do not eat enough of the right kinds of foods, it can affect our whole body. We can end up feeling tired and lacking in energy. It can also make us feel ill!
- 18. DDDD TASK 5: A ROLE PLAY ON IMPORTANCE OF EATING BALANCED MEALS
- 19. DDDD We have learned about: Healthy foods Unhealthy foods The three food groups Importance of balanced meals
- 20. DDDD ACTIVITIES ON WHAT YOU HAVE JUST LEARNED Healthy foods Activity 2 Activity 1 Activity 3 Activity 4 Activity 5 Activity 6 Activity 7
- 21. DDDD Let’s complete the crossword
- 22. DDDD Let’s complete the crossword http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/nutritionforkids/games/food groupsgame.html http://www.foodafactoflife.org.uk/Activity.aspx?siteId=14§io nId=61&contentId=55 http://www.foodafactoflife.org.uk/Activity.aspx?siteId=14§io nId=61&contentId=56 http://www.eflnet.com/vocab/dictionary/foodmemorygame.php http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/6_7/health_gro wth_fs.shtml http://www.curriculumbits.com/prodimages/details/biology/a- balanced-diet.html
- 23. DDDD Classify the following food items to the food group they belong to ENERGY GROWTH HEALTH
- 24. DDDD ACTIVITY 4: LABEL THE FOOD PYRAMID BELOW FOOD FOR …………………… FOOD FOR …………………… FOOD FOR ……………………
- 25. DDDD ACTIVITY 5: FOOD GROUPS
- 26. DDDD ACTIVITY 6: BALANCED MEALS
- 27. DDDD ACTIVITY 7: IS THIS A BALANCED MEAL? NO YES
- 28. DDDD
- 29. DDDD
- 30. DDDD PHOTOS OF STUDENTS AT WORK