The Eatwell Guide The healthy eating model for







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The Eatwell Guide The healthy eating model for the UK is called the Eatwell Guide. © BRITISH NUTRITION FOUNDATION 2016
Key messaging • Choose a variety of different foods from each food group to help the body get every thing it needs to stay healthy. • Eat foods in the proportions shown on the Eatwell Guide, e. g. lots of foods from the largest two food groups. © BRITISH NUTRITION FOUNDATION 2016
As you see, the Eatwell Guide shows a big plate split into five sections. Each section contains a different food group. We are going to learn about each food group, starting today with fruit and vegetables. Does anyone know how many portions of fruit and veg you are recommended to eat a day? That’s right, FIVE. © BRITISH NUTRITION FOUNDATION 2016
What is your favourite fruit? What is your favourite vegetable? One of the lovely things about fruit and vegetables is the variety of colours they are. Having a mixed spread of colours on your plate is a lovely healthy thing to do as it shows that you are eating a spread of vitamins and minerals. © BRITISH NUTRITION FOUNDATION 2016
Fruit and vegetables • Fruit and vegetables should make up just over a third of the food we eat each day. • Aim to eat at least five portions of a variety of fruit and vegetables each day. • As a guide, a portion is what fits into the palm of our hand. • Choose from fresh, frozen, canned, dried or juiced. © BRITISH NUTRITION FOUNDATION 2016 Remember, 150 ml glass of fruit juice or smoothie counts as a maximum of one portion a day. What foods can you see here?
You are going to create a colour web of fruit and vegetables. Write FRUIT AND VEG in the middle of your page. Then draw and label as many as you can, sorting them into colour groups. For example, for yellow you could have a banana, a melon, corn on the cob and a yellow pepper. I’ve included some ideas on the next slide to get you thinking. Use any you can think of! © BRITISH NUTRITION FOUNDATION 2016
You are going to create a colour web of fruit and © BRITISH NUTRITION FOUNDATION 2016