Subject: Science

Level: Form 2 Biology

Topic: Diet and Health

Curriculum Planning and Development Division

Science Unit

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 Diet includes everything that a person eats or
drinks.

Food contains nutrients that are needed by all

body cells.

Key Points
A balanced diet contains the different nutrients
(carbohydrates, proteins, fats, water, vitamins,
minerals, and fiber) in the correct proportions.

Daily activities, lifestyle and physiological

conditions can influence ones diet.

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 • Healthy Portions for healthy living.

HealthyFood Plate
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A balanced diet based on activity and lifestyle.
A non-active life style: - Less
Carbohydrates and fatty
foods.
An athlete – a meal which
A pregnant woman – More An active teen – meals should
contains more simple proteins
proteins (for baby contain all the food groups in
(peas/beans/yogurt) for
development), and vitamins reasonable proportions.
growth and development, and
and minerals for the mother’s Ensuring to limit fats and too
carbohydrates for energy, and
immunity. much refined sugars.
vitamins and minerals.
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 Activity

You are the owner of a restaurant and you prefer to provide your
customers with dinners to suit their needs and lifestyles.
• Using the Restaurant Menu in the next slide, create a meal for each
dinner described.

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Menu for your
restaurant

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 Diner #1: Inactive
lifestyle
• Gerald is a young man who sits at the computer
all day. He does little exercise or physical activity.

• He asks for your opinion on what is good as he

does not want anything too fattening, or greasy.

• What would you recommend?

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Diners #2: An active
child
• The Renault family is new to the neighbourhood
where your restaurant is located.
• Their 10 year old son, Ancil is an active child. He
does not eat any meat or meat products but he loves
vegetables.
What would you recommend for his enjoyment?

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 • Florence is 7 months
pregnant and is a regular
customer to your restaurant.
• She wants a house special
but hold the spices as it has
been irritating her stomach
lately.

• What would your

recommend to Florence for
her dining pleasure?
Diner #3.
A pregnant woman
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 Diner #4.
An Athlete
• Joseph is an avid athlete. He runs about
5 miles every day after work.
• He isn’t desirous of dining in today but he
would like a take away dinner to eat after
his run.
• He doesn’t want anything too heavy at
night to eat, but tasty and healthy.

• What would your recommend for Joseph

as a take away dinner?

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Answer Key: Based on information in Slides 3
and 4
• Diner #1: Fresh salad, Vegetable rice, Grilled salmon, Oatmeal/raisin
cookie and water, or any similar combination from the restaurant
menu
• Diner #2: Mini Vege Pizza, Rice (veg/Spanish), stir fried vegetables,
carrot cake and fruit punch, or any similar combination from the
restaurant menu
• Diner #3 – Pregnant woman – Fresh salad, potato pie, steamed
broccoli, grilled chicken breast, mixed nuts and juice, or any similar
combination from the restaurant menu
• Diner #4 – Athlete – mozzarella sticks, lamb burger, mixed nuts and
water, or any similar combination from the restaurant menu
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References
• Pictures from Microsoft clip art.
• https://vectortoons.com/products/a-track-and-field-runner-and-a-
restaurant-dining-room-background
• FAO (2020). Food-based dietary guidelines - United Kingdom. Retrieved
from http://www.fao.org/nutrition/education/food-based-dietary-
guidelines/regions/countries/united-kingdom/es/
• Clip art from Vectortoons. Retrieved from
https://vectortoons.com/products/a-friendly-pregnant-woman-and-a-
restaurant-dining-room-background
• Lorelyn Medina. Illustration of a Stickman Family having a Dinner in a
Restaurant. Retrieved from https://www.shutterstock.com/image-
vector/illustration-stickman-family-having-dinner-restaurant-133791941

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