2. © 2012 Fruition Horticulture Three things influence our health in a major way: Not smoking Being active What we eat So what should we eat?

3. © 2012 Fruition Horticulture Dairy & Milk Meat, Chicken, Fish, Nuts Fruit Vegetables Bread, Rice, Pasta, Cereal Fats, Oils, Processed Foods At lest 8 cups of water daily plus moderate activity Use sparingly 3 serves per day 2 serves per day 6 serves per day

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6. 1 in 4 adults are overweight or obese 1 in 5 children are overweight and 1 in 12 are obese 11,000 deaths in NZ each year due to lifestyle – these are preventable: 8000-9000 deaths due to bad diet 2000-3000 due to low activity level

7. © 2012 Fruition Horticulture Eating healthy: Keeps our weight down reducing the risk of adult diabetes Eating less food from the top of the pyramid reduces salt intake and keeps our blood pressure down So we live longer...

8. © 2012 Fruition Horticulture To help the RSE worker(s) to: Learn about food types Identify which types of food we should eat to have a balanced and healthy diet Activities: Work as a group/individual to create a healthy food pyramid poster Download example pictures by clicking the button below

9. © 2012 Fruition Horticulture To help the RSE worker(s) to: Calculate the required servings per week for different types of food groups Activities: Test your healthy food pyramid knowledge. Take the quiz by clicking on the tick button below.