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Food Groups

Food groups help you build balanced meals. Learn what your body needs for energy, growth, and good health, and how to make smart choices each day.

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Fascinating Fact:

Protein foods include beans, pulses, fish, eggs, meat, and other alternatives. Protein helps the body grow and repair, including muscles.

In KS2 PSHE, pupils learn that healthy eating is about balance and variety, not banning favourite foods. Food groups help you plan meals that fuel your body, support growth, and keep you feeling well. This topic explores everyday choices like drinking water, choosing a mix of foods across the week, and spotting foods that are higher in sugar, salt, or fat.

Key Terms

  • Balanced diet: Eating a range of foods in sensible amounts so your body gets the nutrients it needs.
  • Carbohydrate: A nutrient found in foods like bread, pasta, rice, and potatoes that provides energy for the body.
  • Fibre: Part of plant foods that helps digestion and can help you feel full, found in wholegrains, fruit, vegetables, and beans.

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What are the main food groups for KS2?

The main food groups are fruit and vegetables, starchy foods like bread and pasta, protein foods, dairy and alternatives, and small amounts of oils and spreads. A balanced diet includes foods from each group across the day or week.

Why do we need protein in our diet?

Protein helps the body build and maintain tissues, including muscles, and it supports growth. You can get protein from foods like beans, lentils, fish, eggs, meat, and some dairy products.

How can I make a balanced lunch for school?

A balanced lunch usually includes a starchy food for energy, a protein choice, and at least one fruit or vegetable. Water or milk is a good drink, and sugary snacks are best kept as occasional treats.

Try These Related Quizzes

1 .
Which of these meals includes all 5 food groups?
Fish, chips and mushy peas with a can of pop
Hotdogs, chips and spaghetti hoops with a glass of milk
Chicken, peas, jacket potato with butter and a glass of milk
Salmon, salad and a glass of water
Chicken is a protein, peas are a vegetable, jacket potato is a carbohydrate, butter is a fat and a glass of milk is diary. Although not every meal needs to include all 5 it is good to be able to recognise them
2 .
How often should we eat fish?
Only on a Friday
At least twice a week
Every day for breakfast
Never
We should aim to eat fish at least twice a week. It is even healthier if the fish we choose is oily fish such as salmon
3 .
Is it okay to eat foods that are high in sugar, like sweets?
No never. They are very bad for you
Yes every day because they taste nice
Yes if you eat an apple afterwards
Yes but only occasionally
It is okay to eat foods that are high in sugar as a treat occasionally, however the body does not need refined sugar and therefore it does not belong to one of the important food groups
4 .
How can we make carbohydrates even healthier?
Eat them raw
Choose the wholegrain options
Eat them cooked
Choose the white options
Opting for the wholegrain breads and pastas is healthier because they have been made using the whole of the grain, meaning they contain more fibre and vitamins
5 .
Why is protein important for our body?
It makes our bones strong
It makes us healthy
It gives us energy
It repairs our muscles
Proteins help the body to grow and repair muscle helping to make us stronger
6 .
Why is it important to eat carbohydrates?
They make us clever
They taste nice
They make us strong
They give us energy
Carbohydrates give us energy and they should make up a third of the food we eat. Carbohydrates come from foods such as bread, rice and pasta
7 .
How can we make eating fats healthier?
Choose non-saturated fats
Choose saturated fats
Choose to avoid all fats
Choose our favourite fats
Non-saturated fats are a heathier option as they can help to lower cholesterol and help prevent heart problems, so wherever possible try and swap saturated for non-saturated fats
8 .
Why is it important to include dairy in our diet?
It helps make our hair grow
It helps us to breathe
It helps make our bones strong
It gives us energy
Dairy is a good source of calcium that helps keep our bones strong. Dairy can be found in milk, cheese and yoghurts
9 .
Why is it important to include fat in our diet?
It helps us sleep
It makes our bones grow stronger
It helps the body absorb vitamins
It helps the brain function
Fat is important as it helps the body absorb vitamin A, D and E. However, we only need a small amount for this to work
10 .
Which foods belong to the protein food group?
Meat and fish
Apples and bananas
Cheese and yoghurts
Crisps and chocolates
Meat and fish are good sources of protein, with beans, peas and pulses being a good alternative

 

Author:  Terri Brown
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