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Food Groups - Age 5-7

Food gives you energy to learn and play. This quiz helps you spot food groups and choose a balanced plate, with tasty ideas for healthy snacks.

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Fascinating Fact:

Eating different foods gives your body lots of different vitamins and minerals.

In PSHE Health Education (age 5-7), children learn that foods can be grouped by what they help our bodies do. A balanced diet usually includes fruit and vegetables, starchy foods like bread or pasta, protein foods, dairy or alternatives, and small amounts of fats and sugary foods.

Key Terms

Food group: A set of foods that are similar, like fruit and vegetables or protein foods.
Balanced diet: Eating a mix of different food groups so your body gets what it needs.
Nutrients: Helpful parts of food that your body uses to grow, have energy, and stay well.

Frequently Asked Questions (Click to see answers)

What are the main food groups for children?

The main food groups are fruit and vegetables, starchy foods (like bread, rice, and pasta), protein foods (like beans, eggs, fish, or meat), dairy or alternatives, and fats and sugary foods in small amounts.

What does a balanced meal look like for a 5-7 year old?

A balanced meal often includes a portion of fruit or vegetables, a starchy food like potatoes or bread, and a protein food like beans, chicken, or eggs. Water is a good drink with meals.

Why do I need to eat fruit and vegetables?

Fruit and vegetables help keep your body healthy and can help you fight germs. They also help your body work well, like supporting your skin, eyes, and digestion.

Try These Related Quizzes

1 .

How often should we eat fish?

Never

At least twice a week

Only on a Friday

Every day for breakfast

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

2 .

Why is dairy good for us?

It makes us run fast

It helps us to see in the dark

It makes our hair grow

It helps make our bones strong

Dairy is a good source of calcium that helps keep our bones strong. Dairy can be found in some foods and some drinks

3 .

Why should we eat carbohydrates?

Our teacher tells us to

They taste nice

They make us clever

They give us energy

Carbohydrates give us energy and they should make up a third of the food we eat. You can make these even healthier by choosing wholegrain options

4 .

Why is protein important for our body?

It gives us energy

It makes us healthy

It repairs our muscles

It makes our bones strong

Proteins help the body to grow and repair muscles helping to make us stronger. Protein can come from different sources including meat, fish and pulses

5 .

If you wanted a snack from the dairy group which one would you NOT pick?

Yoghurt

Chicken

Cheese

Milk

Chicken is a meat and comes from the food group protein. Milk, cheese and yoghurt are all good sources of dairy to help keep your bones strong

6 .

Which of these is a healthy, well-balanced meal?

Chicken, peas and mashed potato

Chocolate spread on toast

Hotdogs

Fish and chips from the chip shop

Chicken, peas and mashed potato is a healthy, well-balanced meal as it contains protein in the chicken, carbohydrate in the potato and the peas are vegetables

7 .

Why do we need to eat fruits and vegetables?

To keep us healthy

To stop our feet from smelling

To make us tall

To make our teeth white

Fruits and vegetables are full of vitamins that help keep us healthy. We should eat at least 5 portions a day and they should make up a third of the foods we eat

8 .

Which of these is a fruit or vegetable?

Pasta

Cheese

Apple

Chocolate

Apples are fruit that grow on trees. You can have red ones or green ones and they make a great healthy snack between meals if you are feeling hungry. An example of a vegetable is broccoli

9 .

Is it okay to eat foods that are high in sugar, like sweets?

Yes - if you eat an apple afterwards

Yes - but only occasionally

Yes - every day because they taste nice

No, never - they are very bad for you

It is okay to eat foods that are high in sugar as a treat occasionally. Sugar can make food taste nice but it is not needed in the diet and can be bad for your teeth

10 .

Which food is a carbohydrate?

Strawberry

Ice cream

Cucumber

Bread

Bread is a carbohydrate that helps our bodies produce energy. Other carbohydrates are starchy foods such as pasta, rice and potatoes

You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - The food groups

Author: Finola Waller (MEd, Primary School Teacher & KS1 English Quiz Writer)