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Healthy Eating Exploration

Mele, Nikau and Finn are choosing food for a break at the ice rink. Use the clues and mini menu to explore how different foods can support wellbeing. There is no single perfect meal: aim for variety and choices that work for you.

Build a balanced break

A helpful meal or snack can include foods from different groups. Grain foods provide energy; protein foods help the body grow and repair; vegetables and fruit provide vitamins, minerals and fibre; and milk, yoghurt or suitable alternatives can provide calcium. Water helps keep us hydrated. Foods can fit more than one group.

Wholegrain toast — grains

Boiled egg — protein

Carrot sticks — vegetables

Mandarin — fruit

Plain yoghurt — milk food; calcium and protein

Hummus — chickpeas; protein and fibre

1.Mele chooses wholegrain toast and an egg. Name the food group in each choice, and give one way each food can help her body.

2.Nikau wants to add a fruit or vegetable to his snack. Which two menu choices could he pick?

3.Match each food with the job or nutrient it is especially known for. Use each description once.

Wholegrain toast
Plain yoghurt
Mandarin
Hummus

Calcium for bones and teeth
Protein and fibre
Vitamins and fibre
Energy from carbohydrates

4.Finn is allergic to eggs. Suggest a different protein choice from the menu, and explain why it is a suitable swap.

Food, feelings and hauora

Hauora describes wellbeing in connected dimensions: taha tinana (physical wellbeing), taha hinengaro (mental and emotional wellbeing), taha whānau (relationships and belonging), and taha wairua (meaning, values and connection). Food can be part of wellbeing, alongside sleep, movement, culture and connection with others.

5.Which dimension of hauora is most directly about relationships with family and friends?

Taha tinana
Taha hinengaro
Taha whānau
Taha wairua

6.The friends share a snack and talk together while they rest. Name one way this could support hauora, and identify the dimension it connects to.

Make sense of a food label

Two snack packs show these values per serving. Numbers help us compare products, but one number alone does not tell us everything about a food. Ingredients, serving size, variety and personal needs also matter.

Snack pack A

Sugar: 9 g Fat: 4 g Serving: 30 g

Snack pack B

Sugar: 6 g Fat: 5 g Serving: 25 g

7.Which snack pack has less sugar per serving? How many grams less?

8.True or false: Comparing the sugar numbers alone is enough to decide which snack pack is the best choice for everyone. Explain briefly.

9.Choose a varied ice-rink snack using at least three menu items. Explain how your choices provide variety, and include a drink that supports hydration.

10.Write one realistic food or drink habit you could try that supports your wellbeing. It could be about variety, drinking water, or sharing kai with others.