teenage diet and health

1. Lesson Objectives
• Discuss the main issues with teenage health and
diet
• Identify healthy and unhealthy ingredients and
understand why certain foods are healthier than
others
• Explore the benefits of a healthy diet and the
possible consequences of an unhealthy diet
• Learn how to create a healthy and delicious meal
for teenagers

2. Success Criteria
• Participate in the discussion, arguing your point of
view whilst respecting others
• Understand the importance of a healthy diet and
the possible consequences of an unhealthy diet
• Identify healthy and unhealthy ingredients and
place them in the correct categories on the
worksheet

3. FIBRE for healthy
digestive system
FRUIT AND VEG
WHOLEGRAIN BREAD,
PASTA, RICE, OATS
CALCIUM for
healthy bones and
teeth
GREEN LEAFY
VEG
OATS
DAIRY
ADDED TO WHITE
BREAD
PROTEIN for growth
MEAT and FISH
EGGS and BEANS
NUTS/SEEDS and DIARY
IRON for energy
RED MEAT
GREEN LEAFY VEG
RED KIDNEY BEANS
DRIED FRUIT

4. Children queuing for Salvation Army
‘Farthing Breakfasts’, about 1900

5. Background
In 1900 there was a great deal of anxiety about the
health of the people of Britain.
The government and the armed forces found that
many of the young men were too small or under-
nourished to join up to fight for their country.
Seebohm Rowntree carried out a survey of working
class families in the city of York in 1901. He found that
wages were often too low to ensure a decent
standard of living. Children did not get the good diet
they needed – partly because their parents were too
poor and partly because parents generally did not
understand what was needed for a healthy diet.

6. Some School Boards, notably the London School
Board, began to offer cheap, or free, school dinners.
Their motive was practical: hungry children cannot
learn.
The Liberal government, which was elected with a
huge majority in 1906, was committed to reform.
In 1907 they ordered School Medical examinations to
be carried out, so as to catch ill children early.
The Education (Provision of Meals) Act of 1906 was
part of the government’s plan to ensure that British
children grew up healthy –
From 1907, when they began, school meals had to
meet certain nutritional standards.

8. FIBRE for healthy
digestive system
FRUIT AND VEG
WHOLEGRAIN BREAD,
PASTA, RICE, OATS
CALCIUM for
healthy bones and
teeth
GREEN LEAFY
VEG
OATS
DAIRY
ADDED TO WHITE
BREAD
PROTEIN for growth
MEAT and FISH
EGGS and BEANS
NUTS/SEEDS and DIARY
IRON for energy
RED MEAT
GREEN LEAFY VEG
RED KIDNEY BEANS
DRIED FRUIT

9.  The Bad
Salty foods – which can cause high blood pressure,
strokes, heart attacks, kidney disease
Fatty foods – which can cause obesity, and saturated
fats can cause blocked arteries, heart attacks, strokes
Sugary foods – which can cause tooth decay, obesity
and type 2 diabetes

10. It probably comes as no surprise
that many teenagers eat badly. Does
it matter?

11. The problem: A recent national
survey shows that teenagers -
• don't eat enough fruit and
vegetables (one in 13 eats the
recommended five a day)
• scoff too much saturated fat and
• don't get enough iron and
calcium.

12. What do you think?
•Yes it does matter
•No it doesn’t matter
•Can’t make up my mind

13. But, there are so many issues related to
teenage years –
For example
What if, by focusing on food, it could tip
someone into an eating disorder?

14. Food is the fuel and nutrition that
teenagers grow up on,
so of course,
if they want to grow up to be
strong and healthy adults
It does matter

15. FIBRE for healthy
digestive system
FRUIT AND VEG
WHOLEGRAIN BREAD,
PASTA, RICE, OATS
CALCIUM for
healthy bones and
teeth
GREEN LEAFY
VEG
OATS
DAIRY
ADDED TO WHITE
BREAD
PROTEIN for growth
MEAT and FISH
EGGS and BEANS
NUTS/SEEDS and DIARY
IRON for energy
RED MEAT
GREEN LEAFY VEG
RED KIDNEY BEANS
DRIED FRUIT