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Healthy Snacks - Age 7-11

Snacks can be healthy and tasty. This quiz helps you spot smart snack choices, understand energy, and learn what to pick when you feel peckish.

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Fascinating Fact:

Wholegrain snacks, like oatcakes or wholegrain crackers, can give slower-releasing energy.

In PSHE Health Education (age 7-11), learning about healthy snacks is about making everyday choices that support growth, energy, and concentration. A good snack can top up your fuel between meals, especially on busy school days. Choosing foods with fibre, protein, or fruit and vegetables can help you feel satisfied, while sugary snacks are best kept as occasional treats. Drinks matter too, and water is often the best choice when you are thirsty.

Key Terms

Wholegrain: A type of food made from the whole grain, including the outer layers, which usually means more fibre.
Portion: The amount of food you have at one time, which helps you avoid eating too much without noticing.
Added sugar: Sugar put into foods and drinks during making or cooking, not the natural sugar found in fruit and milk.

Frequently Asked Questions (Click to see answers)

What are healthy snacks for children aged 7-11?

Healthy snacks for children aged 7-11 include fruit, yoghurt, cheese, veg sticks, nuts if allowed, toast, or a small sandwich, because they give nutrients as well as energy.

How do I choose a snack that keeps me full for longer?

A snack that keeps you full for longer often contains fibre or protein, such as fruit with yoghurt, wholegrain toast with a topping, or veg sticks with hummus, rather than just sweets.

How many snacks should a child have in a day?

Many children have one or two planned snacks a day between meals, depending on routine and activity levels, and it helps if snacks are small and part of a balanced diet.

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1 .

What can happen if you don’t snack?

You can put weight on

You can find it hard to breathe

You can get bored

You can feel low in energy

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

2 .

What is a benefit of eating healthy snacks?

They keep us quiet

They make bones even stronger

They give the body extra energy

They help replace oxygen after exercise

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

3 .

When is it okay to eat healthy snacks?

Before the evening meal

Never

In the middle of the night

Between meals when hungry

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

4 .

Which of the following is not a healthy snack?

Yoghurt

Sweets

Carrot sticks

Banana

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

5 .

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

They can rot our teeth

They are too filling

They taste bad

Sugar damages bones

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

6 .

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

They help bone development

They help kidney development

They help lung development

They help brain development

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

7 .

How many snacks should you eat a day?

Up to 2

3-5

6-8

As many as you want

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

8 .

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

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

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

Nothing, they are the same

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

9 .

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

Sliced lean meat

An apple

Boiled eggs

Baked beans

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 .

A healthy snack should be...

one item of food

big and heavy

small and light