Food for Health

If you had to organise a food festival in your school, which dishes would you like to include? Make a list.

Can you think of at least five ingredients or food items that match each of the tastes listed below? Write them down in the spaces provided.

Discuss in small groups and identify the food items having at least three different tastes.

Find out more about a millet-based food prepared at your home.

Why do we need to eat different kinds of food items?

What happens if we eat food from a single group of foods everyday?

Can you name a few more junk food items?

Why do you think we should avoid eating junk food?

List the junk food items that you will avoid.

Create a food diary of your daily routine for a week. Write down what you eat in a day for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Find out a 'food thali' from your region, and list its food items.

Identify different methods used to cook the food items given in the list below.

Do you help in cooking at home?

Do you think all family members should know how to cook? Why?

Hands-on activity—food collage: Cut out pictures of food items and create a collage with three sections: energy-giving foods, body-building foods, and protective foods.

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Organise a food festival: Students may bring home-made food and organise a food festival at school. Parents may be encouraged to participate in the food festival.