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To stay healthy we should eat lots of different types of food, including vegetables!

Staying Healthy - Food (Balanced Diet)

Discover how a colourful mix of foods helps your body grow strong, think clearly, play happily, and stay healthy every single day.

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Fascinating Fact:

A balanced diet means mix and match, eating different foods so your body gets all it needs.

In KS1 Science, children learn that our bodies need a variety of foods. Fruits, vegetables, grains, dairy, and proteins work together to give us energy, strength, and protection from illness.

Key Terms

Balanced diet: Eating different types of food so your body gets all the goodness it needs.
Nutrients: Helpful parts of food, like vitamins and protein, that keep your body working well.
Healthy snack: A small food choice, such as fruit or yoghurt, that feeds your body sensibly.

Frequently Asked Questions (Click to see answers)

What is a balanced diet for a KS1 child?

A balanced diet for a KS1 child includes fruits, vegetables, starchy foods like bread or pasta, protein foods, and some dairy, with only a little sugar and fatty foods.

Why is eating different foods important for children?

Different foods give different nutrients. Eating a variety helps children grow taller, build strong bones and muscles, fight germs, and have enough energy to learn and play.

What are some healthy lunchbox ideas for KS1?

Try a sandwich or wrap, fruit, vegetable sticks, yoghurt or cheese, and water. Avoid too many sweets, crisps, or sugary drinks.

Try These Related Quizzes

1 .

Which one of these is best in a healthy diet?

Doughnuts

Vegetables

Sweets

Crisps

Vegetables give us special chemicals to help us to grow and stay healthy

2 .

Here is a list of foods: cabbage, Brussels sprouts, lettuce, broccoli, spinach. What do we call these vegetables?

Beans

Greens

Reds

Roots

Green vegetables are good for us. Do you always eat up your greens?

3 .

Which of these is the best healthy option?

Cakes and biscuits

Chips and crisps

Fruit and vegetables

Ice cream and sweets

Do you eat plenty of fruit and veg?

4 .

What should you do to have a healthy diet?

Eat the same thing every day

Eat lots of the same thing

Eat different types of food

Eat lots of food

Eating different types of food will keep you healthy

5 .

Sam likes doughnuts. But what will happen if Sam only eats doughnuts?

He will be very happy

He will become ill

He will turn into a doughnut

He will dream about doughnuts

Sam might dream about doughnuts, and he might be happy. But if you only eat one food, it will make you ill. Sam needs a varied diet

6 .

We need a variety of foods to grow and stay healthy. What else do we need to stay healthy?

Ice Cream

Sweets

Chocolate

Water

We have to have something to drink

7 .

Some children have allergies. They must be careful not to eat certain foods. What might happen if they eat those foods?

They will become ill

They will eat more of them

They will laugh and play

They will ask for more

Some children are allergic to nuts. Nuts can make them very ill

8 .

Eating fruit is good for us. Many fruits have an important chemical in them. It helps keep us healthy. What is it called?

Hydrogen

Carbon dioxide

Oxygen

Vitamin C

Vitamin C is in lots of fruit and veg

9 .

What is toast made from?

Potatoes

Pizza

Bread

Biscuits

Bread comes in all sorts of different shapes and sizes. Some bread is white. Eating some white bread is okay, but doctors say that brown bread - wholemeal, wholegrain or granary - is even better in a healthy diet

10 .

Alex has just woken up. She gets up, washes and cleans her teeth. Then she gets dressed. Before she sets off for school, she has something to eat. Alex has her _________.