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Nutrition Scenarios Worksheet

Use nutrition knowledge to assess everyday food choices and suggest realistic improvements. Consider balance, variety, fibre, hydration, cost and individual needs. There is no single perfect menu: explain your reasoning.

Nutrition toolkit

Start with the key ideas, then apply them to the scenarios.

1.Match each macronutrient to its main role: carbohydrates, protein and fats. Roles: provide the body's preferred energy source; support growth and repair; provide energy and help absorb some vitamins.

Carbohydrates
Protein
Fats

Support growth and repair
Provide the body's preferred energy source
Provide energy and help absorb some vitamins

2.A student says, “Fibre is only useful if you are trying to lose weight.” Is this statement true or false? Explain one important role of fibre.

3.Give one food source for each: carbohydrates, protein, and unsaturated fats. Choose examples that could be found in Aotearoa New Zealand.

4.A meal includes fish, brown rice and vegetables. Identify one food in the meal that provides protein and one food that is a source of fibre. Explain how having different food groups in a meal can be useful.

Read the label

The table shows information for one 45 g snack bar. Use the figures as given; they are fictional and are included for practice.

Nutrient

Amount

Energy

780 kJ

Protein

4 g

Sugars

13 g

Fibre

2 g

5.According to the snack bar label, how many grams of protein and fibre are in one bar? What is one reason not to judge a food only by its sugar amount?

Make a realistic plan

Use evidence and practical thinking. Consider what can actually work for each person.

6.Scenario: Maia has football training after school. She often has only a sweet drink and a packet of crisps for lunch, then feels low on energy during training. Suggest two practical changes to her lunch or after-school routine, and explain how each could help.

7.Scenario: Wiremu's household is keeping food costs low. They have access to oats, frozen vegetables, eggs, canned beans, rice and seasonal fruit. Plan one affordable meal using at least three of these foods. Explain two nutrition benefits of your plan.

8.Scenario: Hana wants to make her usual breakfast more filling. She currently has white toast with jam and a glass of water. Suggest one change that adds fibre and one change that adds protein, without making the breakfast complicated.

9.A friend says, “Healthy eating means never having takeaway food.” Evaluate this claim. Give a balanced response that includes one point about overall eating patterns and one practical choice someone could make when buying takeaway.

10.Choose one scenario on this worksheet. Write a short recommendation for that person with two specific food or drink changes. For each change, justify how it could support their needs while respecting their circumstances.