FOOD WE EAT About 30 of Indias children

FOOD WE EAT

About 30% of India’s children are born underweight, and by the age of five, 44% are underweight and 48% are stunted due to chronic malnutrition. India accounts for nearly 30% of all global childhood deaths attributed to chronic malnutrition.

ANSWER THIS Where do people get energy from? Can we survive without food and why?

ACTIVITY SHOP TILL YOU DROP Activity Prepare your own breakfast, lunch and dinner menu cards from the given food items or items you want to eat or should eat. Prepare the menu cards using chart paper. Key Elements Science: *learn to make healthy food choices. *consider the factors that influence their choice of foods. *begin to recognise the importance of variety and frequency of food consumption for an active and healthy life. Art: • Creating colourful menu cards using chart paper Maths: * Sorting and analysing data(food items) to create menu cards

CEREALS MEAT/ POULTRY DAIRY FRUITS FATS/OILS/ PULSES/ SWEETS VEGETABLES Bread slices/ Sandwich Eggs Milk Fruit juice Butter Mix vegetable Chapati Chicken Curry Cheese Fruit salad Cheese Dal Poha Fried Chicken Paneer Frozen fruits Pizza Sambhar Porridge Grilled Chicken Curd Fruit jelly Burger Vegetable curry Stuffed Parantha Fish Curry Butter milk (Lassi) Chocolates Kidney beans Rice Ice cream Cutlets Black and white gram Noodles/Maggi Fish Pakora Milk shake Sprouts

LET’S DISCUSS BREAKFAST LUNCH DINNER

THINKING QUESTION Raj is very fond of eating rice. He only wants to eat rice as the three meals of the day. Is he right in doing so? why?

Balanced Diet A diet that contains all the components of food in the right proportions for the healthy functioning of our body is called balanced diet.

ACTIVITY My Diet Pyramid Activity Key Elements Note what you had eaten throughout the previous day, to compare and analyse your eating habits. 1. In the worksheet note how many times each food item (group) you have eaten in the form of tally marks. 2. Create a bar graph using the tally marks plotting food item on X axis and number of times eaten on Y axis. 3. Colour the boxes in the table provided according to the tally marks and create your own balanced diet pyramid. Analyse and discuss whether you are eating a balanced diet or not. Science: * *learn to make healthy food choices. *consider the factors that influence their choice of foods. *begin to recognise the importance of variety and frequency of food consumption for an active and healthy life. Maths: *collect simple categorical and numerical data (count of frequency) and present this data using simple bar graphs. Art: Colouring to create balanced diet pyramid