Health MattersHealthy eating and exercise

Lesson 2

Review of healthy lifestyles so far

Key focus areas for this session:

• Diet

• Healthy eating

• Exercise

Useful websites to explore

• Kidshealth.org/teen/exercise

• www.Foodafactoflife.org.uk

• http://junkmonkeys.tv

Youtube clip

• Show clips from ‘Supersize me’ which exposes MacDonalds and the effect of over eating fast food or junk food.

• www.youtube.com – supersize me

What are the effects of a poor diet?

A healthy balanced diet

Eating the right balance of a wide range of foods provides most people with the energy and nutrients that they need to stay healthy.

A balanced diet, together with regular physical activity, can help people to maintain a healthy weight and may reduce their chance of developing diet related illness, such as obesity.

www.Foodafactoflife.org.uk

The guide for a balanced dietAll around the world people choose to eat different foods for many different reasons.

The eatwell plate provides guidance in the UK on how everyone can achieve a balanced diet.

www.Foodafactoflife.org.uk

Components of a Healthy diet

• Carbohydrates

• Fats

• Protein

• Vitamins

• Minerals

Components of a Healthy diet

Food group Food Source Benefits

Protein

Carbohydrates

Fats

Vitamins

Minerals

Advertising with celebrities

Celebrities are often used to promote unhealthy food and drink

What image are they trying to promote?

Task: For your magazine, individually or in pairs design an advert of a healthy food or drink that could be represented by a celebrity of your choice. Think about the image you are trying to promote and how it needs to look for other teenagers to want to buy it.