- Introduce the idea that there are many different healthy and balanced diets by inviting pupils from a variety of backgrounds to describe some of the main features of their own or their family's diet. Suggest that pupils ask senior members of their family to describe the type of diet they had when they were children.
- Use food packaging, advertising claims, media reports, or recorded television advertisements as a stimulus to raise questions,
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- Can too much salt be harmful?
- What is a healthy diet?
- Should children and adults have the same diet?
- Are low-calorie alternatives always preferable?
- How do diets of different cultures differ?
- Raise the issue of what exactly is meant by a 'healthy' balanced diet.
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- explain that a healthy diet contains a balance of six groups of chemicals (proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, minerals, fibre) and water
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