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Balanced meals

This pie chart has been designed to help people eat a

balanced diet.
1 a What is meant by a ‘balanced diet’?

b Why is a balanced diet important? Use the word

‘malnutrition’ in your answer.

2 Here are three meals served in a restaurant.

a Circle the meal that is the most balanced.

b Suggest what a person who has eaten one of the other meals might have for pudding, to
make the meal more balanced.

3 a Tick () the boxes in the middle two columns of the table to show some problems caused
by a poor diet. One has been done for you.
b Fill in the last column of the table.

Problem Too much of Too little of How the problem can be prevented
something something

obesity

starvation 

scurvy

rickets

I can…
● describe how to eat a balanced diet
● describe the benefits of a balanced diet
● explain how different types of malnutrition are caused.

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