This document discusses nutrition and a balanced diet for 5th grade students. It explains that humans are omnivores and should eat a variety of foods including milk, cheese, fruits and vegetables. A balanced diet provides nutrients like proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, minerals and water to fuel the body, promote growth, and maintain health. It recommends that 10-11 year old boys eat 1600-2200 calories per day including 34g of protein, 130g of carbohydrates and 50-70g of fat, while girls of the same age should eat 1400-2000 calories with the same nutrient amounts. Maintaining a balanced diet with a variety of foods according to the Food Pyramid is important for children's

1. Nutrition
5th Grade
Saint Andrew

2. Eating is good for your health
True
False

3. Humans are omnivores; they eatall kinds of food.
True
False

4. The more we eat, the healthier we are.
True
False

5. Milk and cheese are animal products that we can eat.
True
False

6. A balanced diet includes only fruit and vegetables
True
False

7. Food and nutrients
• The food you eat daily helps you strengthen
your body.
• It provides energy abd nutrients that keep the
body systems healthy.

8. Function of food: Renovation
• Renovation: it restores and regenerates tissue
and organs.

9. Function of food: Renovation
• It insures the growth and development of the
body.

10. Function of food: Energy
• It provides the energy that the organism
needs for heat and movement.

11. Function of food: Replacement
• It replaces the water loss through urine, sweat, and
feces.
• The body needs at least 1 liter of water a day to
function.

12. Nutrients in food
• A nutrient is a substance that the body needs
to grow, develop, and maintain itself.
• Your body obtains nutrients from the food you
eat.

13. Nutrients in food
• Nutrients perform different functions in our
organism to keep it functioning correctly.

14. Nutrients in food
Proteins
Lipids of
fats
Water

15. Proteins
• Proteins are large molecules. They are formed
by smaller molecules called amino acids.
Defense: They protect the
body from certain
microorganisms and
foreign bodies.
Stucture: They form part
of the structuresin our
body such as skin.
Regulation: They regulate the
chemical reactions in the
body. Enzimes are a type of
protein.
Transportation: some proteins
carry specific molecules.
Hemoglobin is a type of
protein that carries oxygen.

16. Carbohydrates
• They are also called sugars. They consist
mainly of glucose molecules.
Energy: They provide
instant energy. Glucose,
the simplist carbohydrate
is used for this funcion.
Structure: They form the
stucture s such as the cell
wallof plant cells.
Reserve: Animals store
carbohydrates as glycogen.
Plants store glycogen as
starch.
Glycogen and starchare
complex carbohydrates that
can beconverted to glucose.

17. Vitamins
They are chemical
substances indispensable
for the body.
They help prevent disease
and optimize vital functions.

18. Mineral salts
They are nutrients They are essential in small
quantities.
They help your body
function properly.
fluorine
Potasium
Iron
Zinc
Magnesium

19. Water
It is an essential molecule
It transports nutrients and
waste throug the body.
Water is the main component of living things.

20. Nutrition Balance
• There is a great ammount of food around us;
but what and how much should we eat to stay
healthy?

21. Nutrition Balance
• A balanced diet is one that keeps the body
healthy.
• A balanced diet provides the nutrients and
energy to perform everyday activities.

22. Nutrition Balance
• Follow a balanced diet that includes a varity of
food .
• Not everyone needs to eat the same amount of
food
• It Depends :
- geneder: male or female
- age
-physical activity levels

23. What should an 10-11 Boy/girl eat?
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture
Boy Girl
-1600 -2200
calories a day
-1400 -2000
calories a day
-34 grams of
proteins.
-34 grams of
proteins.
-130 grams of
carbohydrates
-130 grams of
carbohydrates
50 to 70 grams
of fat per day
for children
who eat 1,800
calories a day.
50 to 70 grams
of fat per day
for children who
eat 1,800
calories a day.
The more active the child is, the more calories he/she requires.
By eating a variety of healthy proteins, carbs and fats, your child should be getting all the
vitamins and minerals he needs.

24. Food Pyramid