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Three things influence our health in a major way: Not smoking Being active What we eat

Being Healthy. Three things influence our health in a major way: Not smoking Being active What we eat. So what should we eat?. Healthy Eating Pyramid. Use sparingly. Bread, Rice, Pasta, Cereal. Dairy & Milk. Fats, Oils, Processed Foods. Meat, Chicken, Fish, Nuts. Fruit. Vegetables.

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Three things influence our health in a major way: Not smoking Being active What we eat

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  1. Being Healthy Three things influence our health in a major way: • Not smoking • Being active • What we eat So what should we eat?

  2. Healthy Eating Pyramid Use sparingly Bread, Rice, Pasta, Cereal Dairy & Milk Fats, Oils, Processed Foods Meat, Chicken, Fish, Nuts Fruit Vegetables 3 serves per day 2 serves per day 2 serves per day 3 serves per day 6 serves per day At lest 8 cups of water daily plus moderate activity

  3. Healthy Eating Pyramid

  4. Healthy Eating Plate

  5. Why Bother? • 1 in 4 adults are overweight or obese • 1 in 5 children are overweight and 1 in 12 are obese • 11,000 deaths in NZ each year due to lifestyle – these are preventable: 8000-9000 deaths due to bad diet 2000-3000 due to low activity level

  6. Benefits Eating healthy: • Keeps our weight down reducing the risk of adult diabetes • Eating less food from the top of the pyramid reduces salt intake and keeps our blood pressure down So we live longer...

  7. Learning Goals • To help the RSE worker(s) to: • Learn about food types • Identify which types of food we should eat to have a balanced and healthy diet • Activities: • Work as a group/individual to create a healthy food pyramid poster  • Download example pictures by clicking the button below

  8. Learning Goals • To help the RSE worker(s) to: • Calculate the required servings per week for different types of food groups • Activities: • Test your healthy food pyramid knowledge. Take the quiz by clicking on the tick button below.

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