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Nutrition and Personal Care

Read each question carefully. Think about how food choices, food safety and personal care help you look after your body.

Food choices

Australia's healthy eating advice encourages people to eat a variety of vegetables and legumes, fruit, grain foods (mostly wholegrain), lean meats and alternatives, and milk, yoghurt, cheese or alternatives. Water is a good everyday drink.

1.Match each food in List A with the best group from List B. Some foods can provide more than one nutrient, but choose the main group for this activity. List A: Oats; Chickpeas; Pear; Egg; Yoghurt. List B: Grain foods; Vegetables and legumes; Fruit; Lean meats and alternatives; Milk, yoghurt, cheese and alternatives.
  • Oats
  • Chickpeas
  • Pear
  • Egg
  • Yoghurt
  • Vegetables and legumes
  • Milk, yoghurt, cheese and alternatives
  • Lean meats and alternatives
  • Grain foods
  • Fruit
2.Which lunchbox has a good variety of food groups and a sensible everyday drink?
  • Wholegrain wrap with chicken and salad, a mandarin, yoghurt and water
  • Lollies, chips and a soft drink
  • Only a cheese sandwich and a sweetened drink
  • A packet of biscuits and an energy drink
3.Charlie has a banana for recess. Name one food from a different food group she could add, and name its group.
4.Eating a variety of foods from the five food groups helps provide different nutrients the body needs.
TrueFalse
5.At lunch, Ruby-Mae can choose water, soft drink or a sweetened fruit drink. Which is the best everyday choice, and why?

Safe food and personal care

Good habits help reduce the spread of germs and keep food safe to eat. Wash hands with soap and water, keep perishable foods cold, and follow safe food-handling directions.

6.Number these actions from 1 to 4: dry your hands; wet your hands; rinse the soap away; rub your hands with soap.
7.A chicken sandwich has been packed for lunch on a warm day. What is the safest place to keep it until lunchtime?
  • In an insulated lunch bag with a frozen ice pack
  • On a sunny windowsill
  • In a warm car
  • Beside a heater
8.After handling raw chicken, Jarrah uses the same unwashed chopping board to slice cucumber. Explain the risk and give one safer action.
9.Name two personal-care habits that help look after your body. For each one, say when or how often you might do it.
10.Plan a lunchbox with at least three different food groups and water. Write the foods you would pack and label each food group.

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  • Nutrition and Personal Care, page 1 of 3: Food choices

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  • Nutrition and Personal Care, page 2 of 3: Safe food and personal care

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  • Nutrition and Personal Care, page 3 of 3: 10. Plan a lunchbox with at least three different food groups and water. Write the foods…

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