Lesson The Nutritional Guidelines For Filipinos: Learning Competencies

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St.

Raphaela Mary School


HEALTH Grade 3 - Module

LESSON
The Nutritional Guidelines for
3
Filipinos

Key Words:
 Nutritional Guidelines

Learning Competencies
 Identify the nutritional guidelines for Filipinos
 Discuss the different nutritional guidelines
 Describe ways of maintaining a healthy lifestyle
 Evaluate one’s lifestyle
 Adopt habits for healthier lifestyle

Concept
 Eating the right kinds of food at all times will keep us
healthy.

Study the picture. Then, answer the questions that follow.

What is the function of the


food pyramid? How can
the food pyramid help you
make better food choices?
Can the food pyramid help
you develop a healthy
lifestyle? Why or why not?

The food pyramid is a guide for good nutrition.

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It guides people to make a better choices with regard to their diet.


A nutrition guide is a reference which provides nutrition advice
or suggestions for general health. It usually divides foods into
groups and gives recommended serving size for each food group.
The Food and Nutrition Research Institute of the Department
of Science and Technology (FNRI-DOST) has developed nutrition
guides for Filipinos of different ages. The guides aim to promote
proper diets and related health practices to achieve the goal of
improving the nutritional condition of the Filipinos. Food Pyramid can
be use as a reference for making better food choices everyday.
Another guide that was developed is the Ten Nutritional Guidelines
for Filipinos.
The Ten Nutritional Guidelines for Filipinos provides nutrition-
Based information to help you develop good decision-making skills in
making choices about food and physical activity. It promotes the
importance of physical activity and healthy eating habits which are
important in preventing weight gain, reducing weight, and reducing
the risk of lifestyle-related diseases.

Here are the Ten Nutritional Guidelines for Filipinos:

1. Eat a variety of foods

2. Breastfeed infants

3. Eats lots of veggies and fruits

4. Eat lean meat, fish, poultry, and beans

5. Consume dairy products

6. Eat safe foods and drinks clean water

7. Limit intake of salty, fried, and fatty foods

8. Attain having a normal body weight

9. Be physically active

10.Have a healthy relationship with the family

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What is a healthy lifestyle?


You are into lifestyle if you follow the recommendations of the
Ten Nutritional Guidelines for Filipinos.
How do you achieve healthy lifestyle?
A healthy lifestyle is a way of life which helps you to keep and
improve your health and well-being. It involves the right mental
attitude about things that you need to do to become healthy.
To have a healthy, you need to:

Be active.
Eat a variety
Have a
of healthful
regular
food most of
physical
the time
activity

Have time to
relax and do Have enough
leisure rest and sleep
activities

If you are healthy, you will be able to cope with the demands or
requirements of daily life as you grow and mature. If your health is poor, you
may not be able to do or perform the things you need to do in a better way.

Keep in Mind
 A nutrition guide is a reference which provides nutrition
advice or suggestions for general health.
 The Ten Nutritional Guidelines for Filipinos provides
nutrition-based information to help you and other people
develop good decision-making skills in making choices about
food and physical activity so you can live a healthier life.
 A healthy lifestyle is a way of life which helps you to keep
and improve your health and well-being.

Exercises

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A. List the things you need to do to achieve a healthy lifestyle.


1. ________________________________________________
2. ________________________________________________
3. ________________________________________________
4. ________________________________________________

B. Review about the things to do to achieve a healthy lifestyle. List


down some specific activities that you will do to adopt and attain a
healthy lifestyle.
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C. Answer the following questions:
1. What is the nutritional guidelines for Filipinos about?
__________________________________________________
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2. What is meant by a healthy lifestyle?
__________________________________________________
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3. What are some habits of a person with a healthy lifestyle?
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Evaluation
A. Answer with YES or NO.
_______1. Fast foods are healthy foods.
_______2. Bonding with the family is healthful.
_______3. Small fish like dilis is rich in Calcium.
_______4. A mother’s milk is full of supplement.
_______5. It is right to eat much food everyday.
_______6. Foods in the streets are safe.
_______7. A banana is better than a pack of fries.

_______8. Children should always have time to bond with parents

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and siblings.
_______9. It is healthy to play with laptop and computers
Everyday.
_______10. Breakfast is not important in our life.

Assign
A. Create mentcollage of healthy food. Divide it into three
a rainbow
parts green, yellow, and red: Paste them in an oslo paper.

B. Draw a sunflower and color it yellow in the column that


best describes your performance in this lesson.

5 4 3 -2 1
Skills (Excellent) (Very (Good) (Needs
good) Improvement)
1. Identified nutritional guidelines for
Filipinos
2. Discussed the different nutritional
guidelines
3. Realized the importance of following
nutritional guidelines
4. Described ways of maintaining healthy
lifestyle
5. Evaluated one’s lifestyle
6. Adopted habits for a healthier lifestyle

Feedback
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References:

Battad, Lima M. *Nullar Ma. Joselyn M. *Tinio Fe B.

Ecaldre, Felix G.* Rasalan, Elizabeth S.

Explore and Shine Through MAPEH 3

PRIME books PUBLISHING CORP.

Torres, Ma. Jocelyn D. MT2* Jingco, Estrellita M.MT2

Lazona, Asila E. MT2* Larracas, Ruth A. MT

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