Welcome to Grade 8 Health!
Dear Grade 8,
Today we are going to set up your Heath platform. You will be using Mrs Whitings blog to view everything that we are discussing in lesson.
1. cwhiting2.blogspot.com - This site needs to be saved as a favourite on your computer.
2. You will the need to set up your own google slides via schoology.
What is Health?
Use this link to produce a word puzzle, copy and paste this on to your blog.
Click on the link below to see a presentation on the wellness concept.
The Eatwell Plate
please click here eatwell plate
Teacher’s tips
The eatwell plate
Formally the Balance of Good Health, the eatwell plate has been recently updated by the Food Standards Agency. This is the
British model of a healthy diet. Other models exist e.g. the Food Pyramid, which is used in America and Ireland. Health
Professionals in the NHS prefer the eatwell plate as it does not give undue emphasis to fatty and sugary foods.
Variety and a change towards more vegetables, fruit, bread, breakfast cereals, potatoes, rice and pasta are what matters.
Snacks as well as meals count towards a healthy balance.
The eatwell plate is a pictorial representation of the recommended balance of foods in a healthy diet. It shows that people
don’t have to give up the foods they enjoy for the sake of their health – just eat some in smaller quantities or less frequently.
The eatwell plate applies to most people, including vegetarians, people of all ethnic origins and people who are a healthy
weight for their height as well as those who are overweight.
However, it does not apply to children under two years, as they need full fat milk and dairy products. Between the ages of
two and five, children should make a gradual transition to family foods, and the recommended balance shown in the eatwell
plate can begin to apply.
One of the aims of this campaign is to ensure that every child in the school sees this diagram and knows what it represents.
Younger children need to understand that they need to eat a variety of foods to stay healthy.
A portion of fruit or vegetables is equivalent to the child’s handful.
