UNIT 7.

Diet and Growth

Topics:
7.1 Nutrients
7.2 A Balanced Diet
7.3 Growth, Development and
Health
7.4 Moving the Body
• Have you ever taken a good look at the labels on the bottles, jars,
and boxes of food in your kitchen?

Then you have probably

seen their nutrition
labels. These labels
provide you with
information you need to
make healthy food
choices.
 7.1 Nutrients
• By looking at food labels, record the nutritional information in a table
with the headings: carbohydrate (in g per 100g), fat (in g per 100 g)
and energy (in kJ per 100 g).
 7.1 Nutrients
• present this information as a bar chart to compare the amount of
carbohydrate, fat and energy per 100 g of different foods.
• write a conclusion
• which foods are highest in neither carbohydrate, fat or energy;
• whether they would obtain more energy from fats or carbohydrates.
Why are vitamins
important???