Nutritional information is facts about the content of different foods.

An informed decision is a choice you make when you have all of the information about the decision topic.

A label is a sign that gives us information about the thing it is with.

If a set of objects are colour-coded, they are in different colours so that people can recognise them.

Calories are often used as a measurement of the amount of energy that food provides.

Nutrition from food

Science

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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We can make informed choices about what we eat and drink.

We can find out which foods taste the best.

We can find out how to cook different foods.

Why is it important to know the nutritional information of what we eat and drink?

The nutritional information of most pre-packed food in the UK can be found on the {{}}.

Labels showing nutritional information are often red, amber and green. This is called {{}}.

to make nutritional information simple and quick to understand

Nutritional information can be provided per ...

Nutritional information helps us to choose foods that are high in fat...

We can use texts, images or objects created using information gathered by others. What do we call these?

Someone who studies food and gives {{}} about what we should eat is called a dietician.

Which of these gives us information about amounts of food?

The Eatwell plate shows us that we should not eat a lot of which type of food?  

provide nutrients in the form of vitamins and fibre

give us energy which can help us to stay active

help our bones and muscles to grow and to repair themselves

contain vitamins and calcium which are important for good bone health

contain fat which we need to eat as part of a healthy, balanced diet

Match each type of food with the benefit it gives to humans when they eat it.

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