Balanced Diet

What is a balanced diet?

• Eating all the nutrients in the same amount

• Eating the different nutrients in the correct amounts

• Eating a variety of foods in the same amounts

• Eating whatever you like

True or False? A balanced diet is important for healthy growth and activity.

• True

• False

Protein is needed in the diet for...

• growth only

• repair and energy

• growth and repair

• energy and growth

Why do we need carbohydrate in the diet?

• for energy

• for growth and repair

• to keep us healthy

• for insulation

Why are fats important in the diet?

• to help us grow

• to keep us warm

• to give us energy and for insulation

• to give us energy

Why is water important in the diet?

• it is needed for chemical reactions in cells

• it stops us from being thirsty

• for energy

• to keep food moving through the gut

Why is fibre important in the diet?

• for energy

• for growth and repair

• to maintain health

• to keep food moving through the gut

Which one of these is true about minerals?

• we need them in large amounts

• we don't need them at all

• we only need some of them

• we need them in small amounts

True or False? We need vitamins in large amounts to keep us healthy.

• True

• False

Which of these are good sources of protein

• fish

• meat

• bread

• beans