A dietician is a person who scientifically studies and gives advice about food and eating.

Nutrition is what you take into your body as food and the way that it influences your health.

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Amounts of food

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In this Healthy eating unit, pupils learn that animals, including humans, can not make their own food, they get nutrition from what they eat. In the Human circulatory system and Keeping healthy units, pupils will build on this knowledge to describe the ways in which nutrients and water are transported within animals, and the impact of diet on the way their bodies function

In the Healthy me unit, pupils learnt about the importance for animals, including humans, to eat the right amounts of different types of food. In this Healthy eating unit, pupils will build on this knowledge to learn that animals, including humans, need the right types and amounts of nutrition from food

Healthy eating

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What is the name for a scientist that studies food and advises people on their food choices?

True or false? Eating a lot of the same type of food is good for your health.

Where can we find information about the amounts of food we should eat?

how much food we should eat from each food group

Which two groups should we eat the most food from?

What do fruit and vegetables provide our bodies with?

They give us fibre which helps us to go to the toilet regularly.

Why is it important to eat foods containing carbohydrates?

Which of these foods is a good source of protein?

They help our body to grow and repair itself.

Why is it important to eat food containing protein?

Dairy and alternatives contain calcium which is good for our {{}} that make up our skeleton.

To have a healthy diet, humans should not eat any food containing fat.

To have a healthy diet, humans should eat some foods containing some fat. 

To have a healthy diet, humans should eat a lot of food containing a lot of fat.

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This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Amounts of food

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This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.