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    This document outlines tasks related to learning about balanced diets and healthy eating. It includes tasks such as reading about balanced diets, discussing healthy and unhealthy foods with a partner, comparing nutritional information on food packaging, and ranking foods from healthiest to unhealthiest. The overall goal is to help students understand the importance of eating a variety of foods from different food groups and making healthier choices.

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    This document outlines tasks related to learning about balanced diets and healthy eating. It includes tasks such as reading about balanced diets, discussing healthy and unhealthy foods with a partner, comparing nutritional information on food packaging, and ranking foods from healthiest to unhealthiest. The overall goal is to help students understand the importance of eating a variety of foods from different food groups and making healthier choices.

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    This document outlines tasks related to learning about balanced diets and healthy eating. It includes tasks such as reading about balanced diets, discussing healthy and unhealthy foods with a partner, comparing nutritional information on food packaging, and ranking foods from healthiest to unhealthiest. The overall goal is to help students understand the importance of eating a variety of foods from different food groups and making healthier choices.

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    Task 1

    • You are going to read a text which contains all these words.
    • What is the topic of the text?

    Task 2 - Talk with your partner

    • Do you think people in Spain eat a healthy diet?


    • What do you think makes a healthy diet?

    Task 3 - Reading

    • Now read the text called “A Balanced Diet’ as quickly as possible to find out more.

    http://www.nhs.uk/livewell/goodfood/pages/healthyeating.aspx

    Task 4 - Talk with your partner again. Use the information you just read.

    • What is a balanced diet?


    • Do you eat a balanced diet?
    • How could you make your diet more balanced?

    Task 5 - Making a poster

    • Work with a partner or a small group to design a poster to explain what a balanced
    diet should include.
    Or if you prefer:

    • Write a short text here about what a balanced diet should include. (at least 180
    words)
    Task 6 – Vocabulary

    • Tick the words above that you know (√)

    • Where would you find these words?

    • Use the words to finish the sentences below:

    a. White bread, white rice and potatoes are high in ________________

    b. Butter and cheese are high in _______________

    c. Oily fish, for example salmon, is high in _______________

    d. Brown rice and wholegrain bread are high in _______________

    e. Salted nuts, cheese and olives are high in _______________

    f. Chicken, beef and lamb are high in _______________

    g. Chocolate is high in _______________


    Task 7 - Complete the table

    • Write a list of food that you often eat and then write what they contain.

    For example: chocolate – sugar, saturated fat

    • Mark √ or X if they are healthy or unhealthy.

    Food you often eat It contains a lot of ….. Is this a healthy food?
    It is high in ……………. √ =yes X – no

    chocolate sugar, saturated fat X

    Task 8 - Speaking

    • Talk with your partner about some of the food you eat. Explain why you think a food
    is unhealthy or healthy.

    For example:

    ‘I think chocolate is unhealthy because it …………………………… sugar and saturated fat.’

    ‘I think brown rice is healthy because it ……………………….. fat and ………………... fibre.’

    • What do we need to eat more of to keep healthy?

    • What do we need to eat less of to keep healthy?


    Task 9 - Reading

    • Look at this photograph. What is it?

    • Do you think this food is healthy or unhealthy?

    • Read this information as quickly as possible to find out. Start reading from:

    “How do I know if a food is high in fat, saturated fat, sugar or salt?”


    http://www.nhs.uk/livewell/goodfood/pages/food-labelling.aspx#Nutrition

    Task 10 - Comparing nutritional information of different foods

    • Bring some of your usual food packaging, like a breakfast cereal box, cookies or
    drinks.

    • Find the nutritional information on the back and compare it with your partner’s food
    packaging. Which food is healthier?

    The  …….  is  healthier  than  


    the  ………  because  it  is  
    lower/higher  in    …….    
    ..........

    • Talk to your other classmates and continue to compare food.

    • As a whole class, line up all your food packaging, according to how much salt, fat or
    sugar they contain. Make a group decision about which foods are the healthiest and
    unhealthiest.

    If you enjoyed learning about healthy, balanced diets and food groups, click here to
    read more:

    http://www.nhs.uk/LiveWell/Goodfood/Pages/Goodfoodhome.aspx

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