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Food and nutrients
What is in our food and what our bodies do with it: the food groups of a balanced diet, carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals and fibre, sugar and teeth, and how to read a food label. Three ages, each with a text, an experiment, a game, a quiz, a printable worksheet and a teacher sheet.
Ages 6–7Food for a healthy bodyFood gives you energy to play and helps you grow. Find out about the different food groups, why fruit and vegetables matter and why sugar is hard on your teeth. Then build a balanced plate.Ages 10–11Nutrients: what food does for youFood contains nutrients: carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals and fibre. Learn what each one does, how a balanced diet is built, and become a sugar detective by comparing food labels fairly.Ages 15–16Nutrition by numbers: energy, labels and guidelinesMacronutrients and energy values, kcal and kJ, vitamins and minerals, international guidelines given as percentages of energy, and reading food labels quantitatively. With a label investigation that tests the 4–4–9 rule and its uncertainty.