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A balanced diet and how it is presented around the world
What is a balanced diet? How do countries around the world depict it?
Overview
Did you know that dietary recommendations are not the same around the world? They vary according to culture and religious practices, as well as the availability of food. Try to recognise the different food pyramids!
Objective
Learn what a balanced and varied diet is!
Have fun recognising the food pyramids!
Overview
Discover what a balanced and varied diet is and have fun getting to know the different food pyramids around the world!
Objective
Learn what a balanced and varied diet is!
Have fun recognising the food pyramids!
Overview
Could you recognise the different food pyramids? They show a balanced diet and can vary from country to country according to culture, religious practices and the availability of food.
Objective
Learn what a balanced and varied diet is!
Have fun recognising the food pyramids!
Overview
Food pyramids illustrate recommendations for a varied and balanced diet in different countries. These recommendations and their depictions vary from one country to another according to cultural and religious practices or simply to the availability of food. Deficiencies and malnutrition arise when people consume too much or too little of certain food or nutrient groups.
Objective
Defining the concepts of varied, balanced and unbalanced diets
Discussing and understanding the depictions of a balanced diet through food pyramids.
Overview
Eating a varied and balanced diet is essential to staying in good health. Dietary recommendations vary according to a country’s culture, dietary and religious practices, and the availability of food. Food pyramids illustrate these recommendations and therefore vary from one country to another. When we consume too little or too much of a certain food group or nutrient group, we have what is known as an unbalanced diet.
Learning objective
Introducing the concepts of varied, balanced and unbalanced diets
Understanding that the concept of a balanced diet varies from one country to another and can be influenced by dietary and religious practices, as well as by the availability of food
Discovering the depictions of the food pyramid around the world.
See the school curricula See the course for children
Overview
Eating a varied and balanced diet is essential to staying in good health. Dietary recommendations vary according to a country’s culture, dietary and religious practices, and the availability of food. Food pyramids illustrate these recommendations and therefore vary from one country to another. When we consume too little or too much of a certain food group or nutrient group, we have what is known as an unbalanced diet.
Learning objective
Introducing the concepts of varied, balanced and unbalanced diets
Understanding that the concept of a balanced diet varies from one country to another and can be influenced by dietary and religious practices, as well as by the availability of food
Discovering the depictions of the food pyramid around the world.
See the school curricula See the course for children
Overview
Eating a varied and balanced diet is essential to staying in good health. Dietary recommendations vary according to a country’s culture, dietary and religious practices, and the availability of food. Food pyramids illustrate these recommendations and therefore vary from one country to another. When we consume too little or too much of a certain food group or nutrient group, we have what is known as an unbalanced diet.
Learning objective
Introducing the concepts of varied, balanced and unbalanced diets
Understanding that the concept of a balanced diet varies from one country to another and can be influenced by dietary and religious practices, as well as by the availability of food
Discovering the depictions of the food pyramid around the world.
See the school curricula See the course for children
