Food gives living things energy and helps them to stay healthy.

The health of a living thing is how well or ill it is. A healthy diet keeps a person or animal well.

Fat is found in foods like butter and cheese.

Something that is unhealthy is not good for your health.

To group things is to put similar things together.

Different types of food

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In this Healthy me unit, pupils learnt the importance of eating the right amounts of different types of food. In the Healthy eating unit, they will build on this knowledge to learn that animals, including humans, need the right types and amounts of nutrition from what they eat

In the Human body parts unit, pupils learnt to identify, name, draw and label the basic parts of the human body. In this Healthy me unit, pupils will build on this knowledge to describe ways in which we can look after our bodies and explain why it is important to do so.

Healthy me 

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True or false? A diet with too much fat or sugar can be unhealthy for humans. 

They help to keep our bones and teeth healthy.

They are vegetables that keep our bodies healthy.

How do foods such as meat, fish and soya help our bodies?

Making the right choices about the food we eat can help humans to be more ...

When scientists put foods into different groups, which science skill are they using?

Which of these foods should a human eat often?

Which of these will help a human to live a healthy life?

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