Create a food diary of your daily routine for a week. Write down what you eat in a day for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Encircle the food items that are healthy and put an 'X' mark for items which are not healthy.
Healthy food items (to be encircled) include: fruits, vegetables, dal, roti, rice, idli, sambhar, milk, pulses, sprouts, millets, and home-cooked meals. Unhealthy food items (to be marked with X) include: chips, soft drinks, burgers, pizza, packaged food, fried snacks, and items with high oil, salt, or sugar content.
Identify the food groups missing in your daily routine. Discuss with your parents how these items can be included in the daily routine.
Missing food groups can be identified by checking if all three categories are present: energy-giving foods (rice, wheat, millets), body-building foods (pulses, milk, eggs, nuts), and protective foods (fruits and vegetables). If any group is missing, discuss with parents to include them - for example, adding more vegetables to meals, including fruits as snacks, or adding milk/nuts to the diet.
Explanation
(2) Students need to identify healthy foods from their food diary and mark them. Healthy foods include fresh fruits, vegetables, home-cooked meals, while unhealthy foods include junk food items as described in the chapter. (3) The chapter emphasizes the importance of including all three food groups - energy-giving, body-building, and protective foods. Students should analyze their food diary to identify which food groups are missing and discuss with parents how to incorporate them into daily meals.