Amounts of food
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can explain why the amount of food humans eat is important.
Key learning points
- A dietician is a scientist who studies food and advises people on their food and nutrition choices.
- Eating too much, or not enough, of certain types of food can be harmful to our health.
- Information about amounts of food can be found by using secondary sources of information.
- The Eatwell plate is a guide based on how much you should eat from each food group.
Keywords
Dietician - A dietician is a person who scientifically studies and gives advice about food and eating.
Nutrition - Nutrition is what you take into your body as food and the way that it influences your health.
Amount - An amount is a quantity of something.
Secondary sources - Secondary sources are texts, images or objects created using information gathered by others.
Common misconception
Pupils may think that a ‘balanced’ diet should include equal-sized proportions of the different food groups (rather than appropriate amounts of each food group).
Explanation that humans need to eat different amounts of foods and that the Eatwell plate shows us the amounts of each food that we should eat.
Teacher tip
Visit the NHS website for lots more information about the Eatwell plate.
Equipment
You may choose to gather a selection of real food for pupils to place onto a larger scale Eatwell plate.
Content guidance
Depiction or discussion of sensitive content
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What do fruit and vegetables provide our bodies with?
Q2.Why is it important to eat foods containing carbohydrates?
Q3.Which of these foods is a good source of protein?
Q4.Why is it important to eat food containing protein?
Q5.Dairy and alternatives contain calcium which is good for our that make up our skeleton.
Q6.Which of these statements is true?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What is the name for a scientist that studies food and advises people on their food choices?
Q2.True or false? Eating a lot of the same type of food is good for your health.
Q3.What is an amount of food?
Q4.Where can we find information about the amounts of food we should eat?
Q5.What does the Eatwell plate show us?
Q6.Which two groups should we eat the most food from?
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