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Torfaen Working Party

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Objectives

We are learning to:•Identify which foods we should eat at break time.

•Understand why some foods are good or bad for our bodies.

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Teacher Notes

Discuss favourite break time snacks.

Discuss how we make our choices for break time snacks.

Discuss whether or not we think our choices are healthy.

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Ask the children what they think they will find in the ‘Healthy Options’ and the ‘Unhealthy Options’

Discuss how the knowledge about break time snacks will effect their choices.

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Healthy Options

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How Healthy Are Your Choices?

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Vegetables

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Celery is especially "stringy", and so is difficult to digest. Celery has ‘negative calories‘. The effort to consume it burns more calories than it contains. It is very tasty and is best served sliced.

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Fruit

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Fruit are full of vitamins and are low in calories. The sugar in fruit is natural and so will not damage your teeth or harm other parts of your body. What is your favourite fruit?

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Liquids

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Water contains no artificial colour or additives and so does not harm your body. Internal organs like the brain and liver need water to function. Water is also good for your skin.

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Crisp Breads

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Crisp breads are healthy carbohydrates. The grains in crisp breads, give you ‘slow burning’ energy and make you feel fuller for longer.

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Chocolate

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Chocolate is full of sugar and fats. It tastes good but the ingredients in chocolate are bad for your teeth and skin. Chocolate will not fill you up. You will be hungry very shortly after eating a bar of chocolate.

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Liquid

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Sugary drinks are full of sugar. The average can contains ten teaspoons of sugar. This is very bad for your teeth.Sugar drinks are brightly coloured. The chemicals in colouring are bad for your health.

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Fats

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Crisps are cooked in fat and covered in salt. Fat and salt are bad for your heart. Flavouring are additives which are bad for your general health.

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Biscuits

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Cereal bars are full or sugars and additives and are not as healthy as you might think but… are better than chocolate biscuits which contain large amounts of fats.