Year 7 - Cooking and nutrition
Making better food and drink choices
The Eatwell Guide: meals and diets
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Unit Summary
In this unit pupils use the Eatwell Guide, the 8 tips for healthy eating, and portion guidance to plan healthy meals and evaluate diets. They also use food labels to help make better food and drink choices.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to evaluate a diet and justify changes for health.
Key Notes
- A diet is the food and drink that a person usually eats over a period of time.
- The Eatwell Guide and the 8 tips for healthy eating set out the principles for a varied, balanced diet.
- There is a suggested number of daily portions needed from each Eatwell Guide food group.
- Portion size is an amount of food eaten. While the types of food we need are similar, the amount we needed varies.
- The Eatwell Guide, 8 tips, and food portion and size, can be used to evaluate and justify healthier changes to a diet.
Vocabulary To Learn
- 8 tips for healthy eating: practical tips for healthy eating
- portions: number of servings of a food
- portion size: the amount of food per portion
- diet: all food and drink consumed
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Everyone needs the same amount, or portion, of food.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
A diet is the food and drink that a person usually eats over a period of time. The Eatwell Guide and the 8 tips for healthy eating set out the principles for a varied, balanced diet.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? '8 tips for healthy eating'
practical tips for healthy eating.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Everyone needs the same amount, or portion, of food. Correction: Everyone needs slightly different amounts of food, depending on their age and activity levels.
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