Protein is in foods like meat, fish, and eggs. It helps your body grow and repair.

Red meat includes beef from cows, pork from pigs, and lamb from sheep.

Cattle are a group of animals that includes cows, that are often kept for their milk or meat.

Plant-based proteins come from plants like beans, nuts, seeds, and grains.

If something is sustainable, it meets the needs of people now without having a negative impact on the needs of people living in the future.

Healthy and sustainable proteins (non-statutory Climate Change & Sustainability)

Science

In this Keeping healthy unit, pupils learn about diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the way their bodies function. In the Diet and exercise unit, they will build on this knowledge to learn more about food as a source of building materials and energy, as well as the effects of exercise on the human body.

In the Healthy me unit, pupils learnt to describe the importance for humans of exercise, eating the right amounts of different types of food, and hygiene. In this Keeping healthy unit, pupils will build on this knowledge to recognise the impact of diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the way their bodies function

Keeping healthy

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Which nutrient in food helps to build and repair bones and muscles?

Which of these foods are sources of protein from animals?

Which of these foods are sources of protein from plants?

to create space to rear animals, including cattle, to graze.

to build wooden shelters to protect animals from predators.

to create space for growing food for animals.

to create space for building supermarkets to sell red meat.

Why are forests being cut down in the production of red meat as a source of protein?

Eating other proteins is good for our health.

Eating other proteins is good for the planet.

Eating other proteins is good for the weather.

Eating other proteins is good for the seasons.

What are some of the benefits of replacing red meat with other proteins?

Plant-based proteins are healthy and can be grown and produced in __________ ways that are better for the planet.

the right amounts of different types of food.

the right amounts of the same type of food.

the right amounts of food bought from shops and food cooked at home.

The food we eat provides our body with the essential {{}} it needs for good health, growth and development.

foods that are grouped together that share similar tastes

foods that are grouped together that share similar nutrients

foods that are grouped together that share similar times to prepare and cook

Match the food group with the example foods.

 vitamins, minerals and fibre to prevent digestion problems

vitamins and minerals used for growth and repair

vitamins and calcium for strong teeth and bones

can be high in fat, although some fat is essential in a balanced diet

Match the food group with what they provide for the body.

The __________ plate can be used as a guide to how much we should eat from each food group. 

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Healthy and sustainable proteins (non-statutory Climate Change & Sustainability)

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