Balanced Diet

Hello and welcome to your first lesson. In this lesson we will be talking about a balanced diet. We will be learning: What a balanced diet is The five food groups Food which are within these groups

What is a balanced diet? A balanced diet is a way of eating all of the right nutrients that your body needs in order to be healthy. There are five food groups which can help gain these nutrients.

What are the five food groups? The main five food groups are: Starch, fruit and vegetables, protein, diary and fat & sugar.

What are the five food groups?

Examples of starch food BreadPastaRiceCereal Grain NutsBeans

Examples of fruit and vegetables FRUIT Vegetables Apples Bananas Berries Oranges Pears Kiwi Grapes Peaches Pineapple Cauliflower Carrots Broccoli CabbageOnionPepper Peas Sweetcorn Aubergine

Examples of protein food Chicken BeefPork Fish Eggs Soya Lamb

Examples of milk and dairy foods Fromage FraisYogurtQuarkCottage Cheese MilkCheeseIce Cream

Examples of fat and sugar foods ButterOil Fizzy Drinks Cream Biscuits Cakes Chocolate Jam

Before you move onto the next topic, why not have a go at an activity? Test your knowledge on the five food groups and see if you get all of them right. You will find this activity under: Balanced Diet