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Name___ Sofiia K_____

Take away
Class
__8~E___ Date
Values are Big Medium Medium
per serving Burger chips cola
Energy 2200 kJ 1400 kJ 700 kJ
Protein 26 g 3g –
Carbohydrate 44 g (9 42 g – 42 g
(incl. sugars) g) (42 g)
Fat 24 g 16 g –
Fibre 1.6 g 5g –
Vitamin A 188 mg – –
Vitamin D – – –
Calcium 250 mg 20 mg –
Iron 4 mg 1 mg –
carbohydrate energy fat
growth and repair health
minerals protein sugar

1 Answer the questions about this burger meal. Use the

words in the box to help you.
What three things do we need food for?
1. So our body work normally.
2. For growth & repair.
3. Health.
2 Name one nutrient found in each of part of the burger meal
and say why the body needs it.
a Bread roll
Type of nutrient: Carbohydrate
B Beef
Why the body needs it: For strength of our
muscles.__________________________
Type of nutrient: Protein
C Tomato
Why the body needs it: ___So our body function
normally. __________________________

Type of nutrient: Vitamins.

3 a The fries are cooked in oil. What type of nutrient is oil?
Fat b What does the body use oil for? For
energy.
4 a Cola is mainly water. What carbohydrate is dissolved in
this water? Sugar b Suggest why this substance may
be bad for you if you have too much of it. __If you have
allot of sugar the sugar in your blood may
raise.____________
5 a If you only ate this meal, do you think you would get
enough vitamins? No b Explain your answer. In total
it has only 188 mg of vitamins, which is not that
much!
6 11–14 year-old boys need about 10 700 kJ per day. Girls of
the same age need about 9500 kJ. a How many whole
burger meals would a boy need to get all the energy for a
day? Around 4 b Should girls eat more than one burger
meal in a day?__No____ Explain your
reasoning._______Girls eat not as much as boys
because, they need to be more thiner than the
boys.________________
I can…
● recall good sources of different nutrients

● describe what each nutrient does in the body

● describe some factors that determine how much energy

we need from food.
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