Making better food and drink choices | Cooking and nutrition

Starter quiz

True or false? Most people need to eat less fruit and vegetables.
- True
- False ✓
How many food groups are in the Eatwell Guide?
- three
- four
- five ✓
Match the foods to the correct Eatwell Guide food group.
- cheese and soya drink
  
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  dairy and alternatives ✓
- baked beans and tuna fish
  
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  beans, pulses, fish, eggs, meat and other proteins ✓
- pitta bread and porridge
  
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  potatoes, bread, rice, pasta and other starchy carbohydrates ✓
How many portions of fish is it recommended to eat each week?
- zero
- one
- two ✓
- three
Which foods provide starchy carbohydrate?
- milk, cheese and yogurt
- fish, eggs and chicken
- potatoes, rice and cassava ✓
- chocolate, biscuits and cakes
Why should we have less of these types of foods? Cakes, biscuits, ice cream, crisps, and lemonade.
- They are high in protein and fibre.
- They are low in fat, salt and/ sugars.
- They are high in starchy carbohydrates.
- They are high in fat, salt and/or sugars. ✓

True or false? A diet means to lose weight.
- True
- False ✓
How many practical tips are there for healthy eating?
- 6
- 8 ✓
- 10
Which of the following can be used to help make better food and drink choices for health?
- 8 tips for healthy eating ✓
- the Eatwell Guide ✓
- food hygiene information
- number of portions and portion size ✓
- recipe books
Match the practical advice to the healthy eating tips.
- Have one starchy food with each meal.
  
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  Base your meals on higher fibre starchy carbohydrates. ✓
- Have 5 A DAY.
  
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  Eat lots of fruit and veg. ✓
- Check food labels.
  
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  Eat less salt: no more than 6g a day for adults. ✓
- Drink 6-8 glasses of fluid every day.
  
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  Do not get thirsty. ✓
Which foods should we eat more of?
- fish and seafood ✓
- food and drinks high in sugars
- dairy foods

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A diet is the food and drink that a person usually eats over a period of time.
The Eatwell Guide and the 8 tips for healthy eating set out the principles for a varied, balanced diet.
There is a suggested number of daily portions needed from each Eatwell Guide food group.
Portion size is an amount of food eaten. While the types of food we need are similar, the amount we needed varies.
The Eatwell Guide, 8 tips, and food portion and size, can be used to evaluate and justify healthier changes to a diet.

Everyone needs the same amount, or portion, of food.

Everyone needs slightly different amounts of food, depending on their age and activity levels.