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Understanding the Food Pyramid for a Balanced Diet

Learn about the importance of various food groups in the food pyramid for a healthy and balanced diet. Discover the roles of dairy, protein, fruits, vegetables, and carbohydrates in maintaining overall well-being. Start making better food choices today!

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Understanding the Food Pyramid for a Balanced Diet

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  1. 1 A Would you like some more rice? B Thanks, but I’ve had enough. It’s very filling! PERIOD 5 1 Add new words from period 4. Make any changes needed. 2 A What are you going to put in the fruit salad? B Pieces of melon, orange, apple and pineapple , and also some grapes.

  2. 3- AHow many portions from the meat group does the average person need? BAbout two and a half. And one portion is about 30 gram . 4- AI’ve got the base of my pizza here, so now what do I do? B Now you need to add the various topping that you want – like cheese, chicken and tomato

  3. 2 Read and complete the summary. Add other new words from period 4. The Food Pyramid (1) ____________six food groups, and we need all of them for a balanced diet. For example, the milk, (2) _______ and cheese group gives us (3) _____ for quick energy and (4) _____________ to help our bodies grow strong (5) _________ . Another important group includes meat, fish, (6) _______________ , eggs and nuts, and these things give us (7) ___________ to help us grow and develop (8) _______________ . Then there’s the vegetable group, with things like onions (9) _______________ and green peppers , and these all give us (10) _______________ . Next, there’s the fruit group, and this gives us the very important (11) _______________ C. There’s one more important food group at the bottom of the food pyramid and this includes bread, (12) __________ and rice. Consist of yogurt carbohydrate calcium bones beans protein strength spanich fibre vitamin pasta

  4. 3 Read and do the tasks. 1- Say why the Food Pyramid contains several different sections. Because we need different types of food 2 - Say why some are at the bottom and the others higher up. Because we need a lot of the ones at the bottom and less of the ones higher up

  5. 3- Say what is special about the pizza that the writer describes. It has something from all the food group 4 Say what the writer advises reader to do at the end. To stop eating burger and fries and to eat a pyramid pizza

  6. PERIOD 4 4 Read and answer the questions. 1- Why do children need to drink lots of milk? Because it has calcium which they need to strength their bones 2 Why is it important to have something from the bread group for breakfast? Because you need carbohydrates for quick energy

  7. 3 What do both bread and vegetables provide and why do our stomachs need this? They provide fibre , which our stomachs need to work well 4 For a balanced diet, it is important not to eat a lot of sweets or to drink lots of very sweet tea. Why? Because we get a lot of sugar from other sources , so we don’t need extra sugar

  8. Thank you for you work

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