A Global Virtual Classroom Project : GVC1210

Healthy Eathing Quizzes

Contributed by Sophie at RHS

As part of our PSHE lessons students at RHS were asked to visit four online quizzes on the internet:

http://healthyeatingquiz.com.au/quiz.asp

http://www.nhs.uk/Tools/Pages/HealthyEating.aspx

http://www.measureup.gov.au/internet/abhi/publishing.nsf/Content/quiz-how-healthy

http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/schools/4_11/uptoyou/healthy/quiz.shtml

After answering the quizzes, the class also had to evaluate the sites.

Later in the Course...

We had to answer the following questions:

1. Why is it important to eat a healthy diet?

2. Do you know what is meant by ‘diet’?

3. What do you think healthy eating is?

4. How many portions of fruit and veg a day should you eat?

5. Does fresh fruit juice count as a portion?

6. How big is a portion of fruit or vegetables?

7. Which of the following do fruit and vegetables contain: vitamins, minerals, fibre?

8. Can you name two foods that are high in sugar that we also need to eat less often?

9. Name two drinks that are high in sugar?

10. As well as a healthy diet you should also drink plenty of water. How much per day?

11. Name two other drinks that are healthier

12. Why do you think is it important not to skip breakfast?

13. What would make a healthy breakfast?

14. What kinds of breakfast cereal are best?

15. Name two foods that are very high in fat that we should be cutting down on?

16. Can you name a healthier cooking method than frying for eggs?

17. Can you think of three fruits beginning with letter ‘p’?

18. Can you name 3 vegetables beginning with letter ‘c’?

19. Can you name one type of flour used in baking and breadmaking?

20. Which sort of flour is better for you and why?

21. Which are better for you, thin or thick chips?

22. What is the healthy eating model with the 5 food groups called?

23. Name the 5 different sections.

24. Which group of foods should we eat for energy?

25. What group do eggs belong to?

26. Why do we need to include alternatives?

27. What foods are in the dairy group?

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