Eating a wide variety of foods in the right proportions and consuming the right amount of food and drink to achieve and maintain a healthy body weight is mainly what a balanced diet is all about. The quiz below will test just how much you understand about this. Give it a try!
A diet with lots of fruit.
A diet with lots of milk.
A diet that contains a variety of foods in adequate amounts.
Not eating takeaways.
Beef and lamb.
Potatoes.
Peas.
Walnuts.
Apricots and plums.
Avocadoes.
Dairy foods.
Chicken and pork.
Milk.
Yoghurt.
Cream cheese.
Eggs.
They give you energy.
They provide you with a wide variety of vitamins, minerals and nutrients.
They are colourful.
They are easily available.
They help you grow.
They stop you getting overweight.
They are easy to cook.
They give you energy, fill you up and keep you regular.
Carbohydrate.
Protein.
Sugar.
Fibre.
Healthy snacks.
Extra chips.
A Big Mac after school.
They shouldn't eat more, even if they are hungry.
Do more exercise.
Eat more bread.
Drink orange juice when they eat spinach.
Combine potatoes with nuts.
Blue top milk.
Toast.
Pasta with tomato-based sauce.
Salami.
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