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Healthy Snacks

Choose snacks that help you stay energised between meals. This quiz explores smarter snack swaps, reading simple labels, and balancing treats with everyday foods.

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Fascinating Fact:

Snacks that include fibre, like fruit, vegetables, or wholegrains, can help you feel fuller for longer. Fibre also supports healthy digestion.

In KS2 PSHE, learning about healthy snacks is about making choices that support your body through the school day. Pupils explore everyday foods, treats, and how to plan snacks that fit alongside balanced meals and regular activity.

Key Terms

Snack: A small amount of food eaten between meals to keep energy levels steady.
Nutrient: A helpful part of food the body needs, such as vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, fats, and protein.
Portion: The amount of food you choose to eat at one time, which can help you avoid overeating.

Frequently Asked Questions (Click to see answers)

What are healthy snacks for KS2 children?

Healthy snacks are simple foods that support energy and growth, such as fruit, yoghurt, vegetable sticks, wholegrain toast, or a small handful of nuts if they are allowed and safe.

How can I choose a better snack instead of sweets?

Try swapping sweets for something filling and tasty, like fruit with yoghurt, popcorn without lots of added sugar, or a sandwich half. Planning ahead makes healthier choices easier.

Why do snacks matter for concentration at school?

Snacks can help prevent low energy and hunger that distracts you in lessons. A sensible snack can help you feel ready to learn until your next meal.

Try These Related Quizzes

1 .

What is a benefit of eating healthy snacks?

They help replace oxygen after exercise

They make bones even stronger

They keep us quiet

They give the body extra energy

Healthy snacks can give you energy if you are feeling tired. They also replace the vitamins that you need to stay healthy

2 .

What is one difference between a healthy snack and a sweet treat?

Nothing, they are the same

A sweet treat should be eaten occasionally but a healthy snack can be eaten daily

A healthy snack should be eaten occasionally but a sweet treat can be eaten daily

A healthy snack should be hot and a sweet treat should be cold

A sweet treat is more likely to be high in sugar and therefore should be eaten occasionally, whereas a healthy snack can be eaten daily as part of a balanced diet

3 .

A healthy snack should be...

the same size as a meal

big and heavy

one item of food

small and light

A snack should be small and light, just enough to give you some energy and keep you going till your next meal

4 .

When is it okay to eat healthy snacks?

In the middle of the night

Between meals when hungry

Never

Before the evening meal

It is okay to have a healthy snack between meals as long as it is not too close to the next meal. If so, it might stop you from eating your meal if you are full

5 .

What is the benefit of choosing healthy snacks from the dairy food group?

They help brain development

They help lung development

They help kidney development

They help bone development

Choosing healthy dairy snacks, such as low fat yoghurts, provides additional calcium that helps bone development

6 .

Which of the following is not a healthy snack?

Banana

Carrot sticks

Sweets

Yoghurt

Sweets are not a healthy snack as they are high in sugar and can rot your teeth. They are also not very filling and you may still feel hungry afterwards

7 .

What can happen if you don’t snack?

You can get bored

You can feel low in energy

You can find it hard to breath

You can put weight on

If you do not snack when you feel hungry then your blood sugar levels can decrease. This can make you feel like you have little or no energy

8 .

Why do snacks that are high in sugar not count as healthy snacks?

Sugar damages bones

They taste bad

They are too filling

They can rot our teeth

You should try and avoid eating too many sugary snacks as sugar is not needed by the body and it can rot your teeth. Instead you should choose snacks that are low in artificial sugar

9 .

Which of the following healthy snacks is not high in protein?

A handful of nuts

An apple

Boiled eggs

Sliced lean meat

An apple is not high in protein but is still a good healthy snack. Protein helps repair muscle after exercise and is a good snack to have

10 .

How many snacks should you eat a day?

As many as you want

6-8

3-5

Up to 2

You do not have to eat snacks every day but it is okay to eat between 1 and 2, usually between breakfast and lunch and then between lunch and evening meal. You should avoid eating snacks too early in the morning or too close to bed time

Author: Terri Brown

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