Nutritional Requirements and Dietary Needs (Including the Australian Dietary Guidelines 2013)
Make healthy food the main food
The food choices young people make every day are influenced by the options available, school policies, and practices, social norms within their peer groups, and partnerships with people in the school community. Making healthy food the main food means young people get the nutrients they need to be healthy, grow strong and be their best Eating a healthy breakfast and healthy food throughout the day can help young people concentrate and reach their academic potential, and can help regulate mood and behaviour. (Cooper et al 2011, Widenhorn-Muller 2008).
Learning Area:
Health and Physical Education
/ Year Level:
9/10
Consult curriculum / Focus:
To devise and implement personalised plans for making healthy choices easier and maintaining healthy and active habits
Content Descriptor:
Propose, practise and evaluate responses in situations where external factors influence food choices
Achievement Standard:
Students access, synthesise and applyevidence-based health information from credible sources to propose and justifystrategies to make healthy food choices easy.
General Capabilities:
Literacy
Information and communication technology
Critical and creative thinking
Personal and Social Capability
Ethical Understanding / Cross Curriculum Priorities:
Sustainability
Plan for learning / Learning Goals:
What we want students to be able to
Know:
The importance of food and nutrition in growth and development
That food choices are influenced by what’s available and what’s happening around us: the environment (physical and cultural, policies and procedures), practices and partnerships
Understand:
How to determine the nutritional value of food options; the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating 2013 (Healthy Food Plate)
Do:
Make healthy food choices and advocate healthy choices to peers
Describe key learning experiences / Springboards for learning:
Food and nutrition addresses the role of food and nutrition in enhancing health and wellbeing. The content supports students to develop knowledge, understanding and skills to make healthy, informed food choices and to explore the contextual factors that influence eating habits and food choices.
It is expected that all students will learn about the following:
- food groups and recommendations for healthy eating (including The Australian Guide to Healthy Eating)
- nutritional requirements and dietary needs (including The Australian Dietary Guidelines 2013)
- food labelling and packaging
- food advertising
- personal, social, economic and cultural influences on food choices and eating habits
- strategies for planning and maintaining a healthy, balanced diet
- healthy options for snacks, meals and drinks
- sustainable food choices
Describe key learning experiences / Assessment:
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Reflect on the unit / Reflection:
Review your pre-assessment task
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