A balanced diet
A diet that contains adequate amounts of all the necessary nutrients required for healthy growth and activity
What to look for...
Are they having too many/ not enough calories?
How does it compare to the balance plate?
Enough fruit and vegetables?
Enough fibre?
The right type of fat?
Too much of a particular type of food?
An unbalanced diet
A diet that contains inadequate amounts of nutrients required for healthy growth and activity
Often an unbalanced diet is too much sugar and saturated fat and not enough fruit and vegetables
Sarah - diet 1
Plenty of fibre and 5-a-day
Plenty of protein
Good fats - avocado
Carbohydrates but not over consumption
A controlled low calorie diet
Low calorie diet needs to be v. Controlled if 16
Possibly a bit boring??
Not enough iron?? Anaemia??
Tony - diet 2
No breakfast = no boost
Lots of sugar and saturated fat in snack
Could exchange snacks for fruit ect.
Take out sugar in tea/ use artificial sweetners
Don't need sugar in lucozade
Cornish pasty is high in fat and salt
Unhealthy snack with kit kat
Take away is full of saturated fat, salt sugar
Alcohol = 7kals
Higher risk of CHD & other related diseases
Victoria - diet 3
Extremely low calorie diet - is she anorexic??
Needs more energy if she is more active
Has her 5-a day
Vegetables are low in calories
Has some carbohydrate
Not enough protein
Not enough iron - needed more by woman
Wayne - diet 4
A lot of sugar
Pester power
Needs full fat milk for under 5 years old
Not enough fruit and vegetables
Could substitute jam sandwiches for ham
Convenience food - often full of additives, salt and sugar
Orange juice is also sugar - ok in moderation
Wayne has too much of a taste for sugar
Kelly - diet 5
Liver damages the baby - too high in vitamin A
Soft eggs should be avoided - salmonella
Soft ripened cheeses (brie) can cause listeria
Alcohol only in moderation
Soup may be high in salt
Pregnant woman need to avoid heavy meals which can lead to indigestion
She also needs to drink more water
Godfrey - diet 6
Unbalanced - not much variety
Not very much protein and minerals such as iron
Need 5-a-day (there is no fruit and veg)
Too much sugar
Could substitute for wholemeal