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2 Name: _ A HEALTHY DIET Your body needs a good diet to stay healthy. Many people eat too much or eat unhealthy food. Fast food is an example of a kind of unhealthy food. Healthy food is necessary for your body. We need to eat the right food:. Carbohydrates help your body with energy. Pasta has lots of carbohydrates.. Fibre helps your stomach and intestines to move food. Fruit, vegetables or brown bread have fibre.. Proteins help your muscles. Fish, meat and eggs have lots of proteins.. Calcium helps your bones. Milk, yogurt and cheese have lots of calcium.. Iron helps your blood. Meat and green vegetables have iron.. Vitamins help you to stay healthy. Fruit and vegetables have vitamins. 2

3 Eating too much sugar, fat and salt is not good for your body. They can be unhealthy. Sugar is also bad for your teeth. If you eat unhealthy food, you can get fatter and sick. Unhealthy food is not good for your body. Also, water is very important for your body. We should drink about eight glasses of water every day. 3

4 Activty 1. Answer the questions 1.- Does your body need a healthy diet?. 2.- Does everybody eat healthy food?. 3.- Is sugar good for your body?. 4.- How many glasses of water should we drink every day?. 5.- Write names of food that contains carbohydrates Write names of food that contains fibre Write names of food that contains proteins Write names of food that contains calcium Write names of food that contains iron Write names of food that contains vitamins. 4

5 Activity 2. Write in order 1.- o y d b 6.- c l c m u i a 2.- e a y h l t h 7.- i n o r 3.- u a r g s 8.- i i a t v m n s 4.- r i b f e 9.- e e r y g n 5.- i s n r o p e t 10.- o o d b l Activity 3. Match 1.- Your body needs a a.- your stomach and intestines. 2.- Fast food is b.- your bones. 3.- Carbohydrates help c.- your blood. 4.- Fibre helps d.- for your teeth. 5.- Proteins help e.- good diet. 6.- Calcium helps f.- you to stay healthy. 7.- Iron helps g.- 8 glasses of water every day. 8.- Vitamins help h.- your muscles. 9.- Sugar is bad i.- your body with energy We should drink j.- unhealthy food. Activity 4. Write vowels and find the secret message H L T H D T S M P R T N T 5

6 Activity 5. Correct the mistakes 1.- Your body doesn t need a good diet. 2.- Fast food is healthy. 3.- We need to eat unhealthy food. 4.- Pasta doesn t have carbohydrates. 5.- Fibre doesn t help your stomach. 6.- Eggs don t have lots of proteins. 7.- Calcium doen s help your bones. 8.- Meat doesn t have iron. 9.- Sugar is good for your teeth Water isn t important for people. Activity 6. Complete Meat Pasta Brown bread Milk - Eggs 1.- _ has lots of carbohydrates. 2.- _ has lots of fibre. 3.- _ have lots of proteins. 4.- _ has lots of calcium. 5.- _ has lots of iron. 6

7 Activity 7. Find 8 words abou P R O T E I N S Q W E V C A S Z X D C F V G B H I A Z A S X D Q W E R T Y T L A F I B R E Z X C V B A C Q W E R T Y U I O P A M I A S D E R F I R O N G I U F O O D Z A S X D C F N M Q A W S E D R F T G Y H F R T Y H U J I K O L P A S S U G A R Z X A S D F C V G H B N J K M K L P O I U C A R B O H Y D R A T E S Activity 8. Write sentences Word Sentence 7

8 Activity 9. Complete stomach muscles - body sugar - healthy sick - blood - cheese - Fast energy Your body needs a good diet to stay (1). Many people eat too much or eat unhealthy food. (2) food is an example of a kind of unhealthy food. Healthy food is necessary for your (3). We need to eat the right food:. Carbohydrates help your body with (4). Pasta has lots of carbohydrates.. Fibre helps your (5) and intestines to move food. Fruit, vegetables or brown bread have fibre.. Proteins help your (6). Fish, meat and eggs have lots of proteins.. Calcium helps your bones. Milk, yogurt and (7) have lots of calcium.. Iron helps your (8). Meat and green vegetables have iron.. Vitamins help you to stay healthy. Fruit and vegetables have vitamins. Eating too much (9), fat and salt is not good for your body. They can be unhealthy. Sugar is also bad for your teeth. If you eat unhealthy food, you can get fatter and (10). Unhealthy food is not good for your body. Also, water is very important for your body. We should drink about eight glasses of water every day. 8

9 Activity 10. Write about a healthy diet 9

10 Activity 11. Circle the correct answer 1.- Your body needs a _ diet. bad unhealthy good 2.- _ food is an example of a kind of unhealthy food. Slow Fast Vegetables 3.- Healthy food is _ for your body. not important not necessary necessary 4.- _ help your body with energy. Fibre Proteins Carbohydrates 5.- _ helps your stomach. Calcium Fibre Iron 6.- _ help your muscles. Carbohydrates Vitamins Proteins 7.- _ helps your bones. Calcium Iron Proteins 8.- _ helps your blood. Carbohydrates Fast food Iron 9.- _ helps your to stay healthy. Fast food Vitamins Proteins 10.- If you eat _ food, you can get fatter and sick. good healthy unhealthy 10

11 Activity 12. Answer the questions 1.- What does your body need to stay healthy? 2.- What is fast food? 3.- What kind of food do we need to eat? 4.- What do carbohydrates help your body with? 5.- Write food that contains lots of carbohydrates. 6.- What do proteins help? 7.- Write food that contains lots of fibre. 8.- What do eggs contain a lot? 9.- What does calcium help? 10.- What is sugar bad for? 11

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