Eat healthily!
What is healthy eating and why is it so important? A simple question that can quickly lead to a complicated answer that children find hard to understand.
This is why we have described healthy eating on a child’s level so that everyone can be involved. The texts can are can be downloaded (PDF format ) and are great for handing out in the class that you visit.
Why should I eat healthily?
You should eat healthily because your body needs energy so that you can play, think clever thoughts and take part in sport. It is a good idea to eat three main meals and two to three healthy snacks a day. In this way, your body is supplied with energy almost constantly, which boosts your metabolism. Regardless of how much you eat a day, however, your food should be healthy and varied.
When you eat healthy and varied food, you get a maximum of 30% of your energy from fat, 50-60% from carbohydrates and 10-20% from protein, and your vitamin and mineral requirements are also met. These figures should be understood as an average for your food as a whole taken over the full day and not for the individual meals.
On the plate you can see how the individual foods break down in terms of what you should eat.
Here you can read more about what the individual foods contain and how your body uses them:
