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🥗 Diet, Exercise, and Your Body

Discover how the right foods fuel you and how moving your body keeps your heart, muscles, and bones strong.

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~15 min

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🔬 Science

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Ages 6–12

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What you’ll learn

A Balanced PlateUnderstand that a balanced diet mixes many foods, and learn what carbohydrates and proteins do.Food is the fuel your body needs to grow, move, and think, but no single food has everything. Carbohydrates from bread, rice, and pasta give you quick energy, while proteins from eggs, fish, and beans help you grow and repair. Eating a mix of foods gives your body everything it needs.
The Building BlocksIdentify the roles of fats, vitamins, minerals, fibre, and water, and explain a balanced diet.Fats store energy and keep you warm, while vitamins and minerals from fruit and vegetables keep your body healthy. Fibre helps your tummy work smoothly, and water, though it has no calories, is vital because your body is mostly water. A balanced diet mixes the right amount from every group.
Moving and HealthyExplain how exercise strengthens the heart and muscles, keeps bones strong, and keeps you healthy.Exercise, like running, cycling, and playing sports, is how you use the energy from food. It makes your heart beat faster and grow stronger, builds your muscles, keeps your bones strong, and helps you sleep. A body that moves regularly stays healthy as it grows.

Questions this course answers

Which nutrient does your body mainly use for quick energy?

Carbohydrates, found in foods like bread, rice, and pasta, are the body's favorite quick fuel for running and playing.

What job do proteins do in your body?

Proteins are the building blocks the body uses to grow taller and to repair itself, like healing a cut.

Why do you need to drink water often?

Your body is mostly water and loses some when you breathe, sweat, and play, so you must drink to replace it.

What does a balanced diet mean?

A balanced diet means eating the right amount from every nutrient group so your body gets everything it needs.

How does regular exercise affect your heart?

The heart is a muscle, and exercise makes it beat faster and grow stronger so it pumps blood better.

Besides your heart, what else does exercise keep strong?

Exercise builds up your muscles and keeps your bones strong, as well as helping you sleep better.

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BBC Bitesize
Britannica Kids

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