Unit 13 Healthy eating Warming up
hamburger noodle Get to know some food names:
rice dumpling corn
cabbage carrot tomato cucumber
banana grape orange pear apple
beeffish chickenpork
mineral water coca cola milk red wine
ice cream chocolate sweet
Which nutrients does the food contain?
1. protein 2. carbohydrates 3. fat 4. vitamins 5. minerals The five essential nutrients :
junk food healthy food Do you know what it is?
—has a lot of calories but few nutrients. — gives us the calories we need but not contain too much fat and sugar. junk food healthy food
Group work Look at the following photos and decide if the food shown in the photos is junk food or healthy food. Give reasons for your decisions.
junk food!
healthy food
Useful words: fat, sugar, vitamin, protein, fibre, mineral Useful structures: I think that …is junk / healthy food because … it / they has / have/contain(s) … is/are high/rich in is/are low/poor in
I think … because … I think that ice cream is junk food because it has a lot of fat and sugar. ice cream
vegetables I think that vegetables are healthy food because they contain lots of vitamins.
eggs I think that eggs are healthy food because they contain a lot of protein.
fried chicken
staple food
potato chips
pizza
sweets & chocolate
fruits
Don’t skip your breakfast. Don’t eat too much at a time or eat too fast. Don’t eat more when you are happy or sad. Don’t often eat out. Don’t eat too many snacks. Discussion How can we keep a healthy diet?