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Nutrition Basics Worksheet

Mere, Keira and Mei are planning meals for a long day on a dairy farm. Use the food-group guide and nutrition clues to help them make informed choices. There is more than one way to eat well.

A quick food-group guide

Vegetables and fruit provide fibre and many vitamins and minerals. Grain foods such as oats, rice and bread provide carbohydrate for energy; wholegrain choices often contain more fibre. Protein foods include beans, eggs, fish, meat, nuts and tofu. Milk, yoghurt and cheese (or suitable alternatives with added calcium) provide calcium and other nutrients. Unsaturated fats, found in foods such as avocado, seeds and olive oil, support health when eaten in sensible amounts. Water helps your body function. Foods can fit into more than one group, and no single meal needs to contain everything.

Read the farm-day menu

For a busy day, Keira suggests porridge made with milk, topped with sliced pear and seeds. At lunch, Mere packs a wholegrain sandwich with egg and lettuce, a mandarin and water. Mei chooses rice with beans and vegetables for dinner, followed by yoghurt. They also plan to take water breaks during the day.

1.Which menu item is a grain food and a useful source of carbohydrate?

Porridge oats
Pear
Egg
Yoghurt

2.Select the three protein foods named in the menu.

Egg
Beans
Yoghurt
Mandarin
Rice

3.Match each food to the food group it best represents in this menu.

Pear
Wholegrain bread
Egg
Yoghurt

Grain foods
Milk, yoghurt and cheese
Protein foods
Vegetables and fruit

4.True or false: The menu includes foods from several food groups, but a single meal does not have to include every food group.

TrueFalse

5.Name one food in the menu that provides fibre, and explain briefly how fibre helps the body.

6.Mere wants a drink to take on the farm. Which drink is suggested, and why is it a useful everyday choice?

7.Keira’s breakfast has oats, milk, pear and seeds. Identify two different food groups represented and give one ingredient from each.

8.Mei has rice and beans for dinner. Suggest one vegetable or fruit she could add and explain how it would make the meal more varied.

9.A classmate says, “All fats are unhealthy, so nobody should eat seeds or avocado.” Explain why this is not an accurate nutrition message.

10.Design a balanced farm-day snack using at least two food groups. Name the foods and identify their groups.

11.In two or three sentences, explain one way nutritious food and water can support hauora (well-being) during a busy day.

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