Project Based Learning

Thematic Learning Activity-2

Name: M. Rakshith Kumar

Class-Sec: IX-TS

Topic: Balanced Diet, its importance

Guide Teacher: Laxmi Deepthi Mam

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A diet is all that we consume in a day. And a balanced diet is
a diet that contains an adequate quantity of the nutrients that
we require in a day. A balanced diet includes six main
nutrients, i.e. Fats, Protein, Carbohydrates, Fiber, Vitamins,
and Minerals.
All these nutrients are present in the foods that we eat.
Different food items have different proportions of nutrients
present in them. The requirements of the nutrients depend on
the age, gender, and health of a person.
Balanced Diet leads to a good physical and a good mental
health.
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How do I know which diet is right for me?
Why balanced diet is very important?
What will happen if we will not follow balanced diet?
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Balanced Diet leads to a good physical and a good mental
health.
It helps in proper growth of the body.
Also, it increases the capacity to work
Balanced diet increases the ability to fight or resist diseases.
Some components of a balanced diet are as follows: Fats,
proteins, Carbohydrates, minerals, vitamins.
Balanced plays a very important role in daily life.
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Importance of a Balanced Diet
The following are the importance of a balanced

diet:

• Balanced Diet leads to a good physical and a

good mental health.

• It helps in proper growth of the body.

• Also, it increases the capacity to work.

• Balanced diet increases the ability to fight or

resist diseases.
Some components of a balanced diet are as follows:

➢ Fats

Some part of our energy requirement is fulfilled by

fats. Fats can be found in fatty foods such as

butter, ghee, oil, cheese, etc.

➢ Proteins

We need proteins for growth purposes and to

repair the wear and tear of the body. Protein also

helps in building muscle. It is found in dairy

products, sprouts, meat, eggs, chicken, etc.

 ➢ Carbohydrates

We need the energy to process and it is fulfilled by

carbohydrates. Carbohydrates provide us

energy. Carbohydrates can be found in rice, wheat, chapatti,

bread, etc. Cereals are our staple food.

➢ Minerals and Vitamins

Vitamins, Minerals, and Fiber improve the body’s resistance

to disease. We mainly obtain it from vegetables and fruits.

Deficiency diseases like Anemia, Goitre, etc can be caused

due to lack of mineral in the body.

Questionnaire
1. What are the 7 things you need for a balanced diet?

2. Why balanced diet is important?

3. What are the 5 components of a balanced diet?

4. What is balanced diet?

5. Which type of food is most important for balanced diet?

6. How balanced diet different from normal diet?

7. What are the uses of balanced diet?

8. What will happen of a person not follow balanced diet?

9. How the balanced effect the weight of the body?

10. Which type of vegetables we should eat dying balanced diet?

11. What are the main ways in balanced diet?

12. What we should do in balanced diet?

13. Which types Diseases we can cure by balanced diet?

14. How carbohydrates Play a role in balanced diet?

15. How vitamins Play a role in balanced diet?

16. How proteins play a role in balanced diet?

17. How fats play a role in balanced diet?

18. Where balanced diet had started first?

19. What Plan we should follow in balanced diet?

20.What did you understand by the concept of “Balanced Diet”?

Thank You