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Staying Healthy - Food (Balanced Diet)
To stay healthy we should eat lots of different types of food, including vegetables!

Staying Healthy - Food (Balanced Diet)

Entertaining Quiz for 5 to 7 Year Olds

This quiz addresses the requirements of the National Curriculum KS1 Science for children aged 5 and 6 in years 1 and 2. Specifically this quiz is aimed at the section dealing with staying healthy by eating a balanced diet and different types of food.

Do you eat just one type of food? No - even if you have a favourite food, you will need to eat other things as well if you want to stay healthy. When looking at staying healthy in school you have probably learned that people need a balanced diet - they need to eat a variety of different foods. What have you found out about a balanced diet?

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.
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
3.
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
4.
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
5.
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
6.
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
7.
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?
8.
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 _________.
Breakfast
Lunch
Tea
Supper
It is good to have something to eat before you start your lessons
9.
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
10.
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?
You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize – Staying Healthy

Author:  David Bland

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