Unit 12 Cache Level 3
E1
Main food groups:
There are 5 main food groups and they are:
- Bread, other cereals and potatoes
- Fruit and vegetables
- Milk and diary foods
- Meat, fish and alternatives
- Foods containing fat and foods containing sugar.
Bread, other cereals and potatoes are carbohydrates which are nutrients that give your body energy. There are also other nutrients in this food groups, and these are calcium, iron, B vitamin and dietary fibre.
Fruit and vegetables are essential for a child’s health and well being because it has Vitamin C that helps develop and take care of connective tissue and bones. Children are encourages to have their 5 a day because fruit and vegetables ‘help to prevent the risk of chronic diseases such as heart disease and cancer’ (Child Care and Education, Penny Tassoni, 2007, 455.)
Milk and diary foods are essential for a child’s health and well being because it is full of Calcium and calcium helps to maintain children’s bones and also their teeth. This is why most nurseries and schools give their children milk and in my experience we would explain why milk is good for you. This would then encourage them to drink it.
Meat, fish and alternatives are essential for a child’s healthy and well being because it all contains Iron, which is needed because it helps form your blood. Protien is also in these foods and this is important especially with young children because it helps with growth and repair of the body.
Foods containing fat and foods containing sugar because they have Vitamin A, Vitamin D, Vitamin E and Vitamin K in them.
Vitamin A helps with vision, Vitamin D is essential because it helps the body to be able to use the calcium that it receives to strengthen bones and teeth, Vitamin E develops strong muscles and healthy skin and Vitamin K helps to prevent blood clots.
E2 -
Poor eating affects children by the children eating too many especially fatty and sugary foods. It also affects a child doing exercise
Main food groups:
There are 5 main food groups and they are:
- Bread, other cereals and potatoes
- Fruit and vegetables
- Milk and diary foods
- Meat, fish and alternatives
- Foods containing fat and foods containing sugar.
Bread, other cereals and potatoes are carbohydrates which are nutrients that give your body energy. There are also other nutrients in this food groups, and these are calcium, iron, B vitamin and dietary fibre.
Fruit and vegetables are essential for a child’s health and well being because it has Vitamin C that helps develop and take care of connective tissue and bones. Children are encourages to have their 5 a day because fruit and vegetables ‘help to prevent the risk of chronic diseases such as heart disease and cancer’ (Child Care and Education, Penny Tassoni, 2007, 455.)
Milk and diary foods are essential for a child’s health and well being because it is full of Calcium and calcium helps to maintain children’s bones and also their teeth. This is why most nurseries and schools give their children milk and in my experience we would explain why milk is good for you. This would then encourage them to drink it.
Meat, fish and alternatives are essential for a child’s healthy and well being because it all contains Iron, which is needed because it helps form your blood. Protien is also in these foods and this is important especially with young children because it helps with growth and repair of the body.
Foods containing fat and foods containing sugar because they have Vitamin A, Vitamin D, Vitamin E and Vitamin K in them.
Vitamin A helps with vision, Vitamin D is essential because it helps the body to be able to use the calcium that it receives to strengthen bones and teeth, Vitamin E develops strong muscles and healthy skin and Vitamin K helps to prevent blood clots.
E2 -
Poor eating affects children by the children eating too many especially fatty and sugary foods. It also affects a child doing exercise
Bibliography: (http://www.childrenshospital.org/az/Site1797/mainpageS1797P1.html) Child Care and Education, Penny Tassoni, 2007