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Three things influence our health in a major way:

• Not smoking

• Being active

• What we eat

So what should we eat?

Being Healthy

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Dairy & Milk

Meat, Chicken, Fish, NutsFruit

Vegetables

Bread, Rice, Pasta, Cereal

Fats, Oils, Processed Foods

At lest 8 cups of water daily plus moderate activity

Use sparingly

3 serves per day

3 serves per day

2 serves per day

2 serves per day

6 serves per day

Healthy Eating Pyramid

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Food Pyramid

At least 8 Cups of Water Daily - Plus Moderate Activity

Fats, oils, processed foods

Use Sparingly

2 serves per day

Dairy & Milk Meat, Chicken, Fish, Nuts3 serves per day

Vegetables

3 serves per day

Fruit2 serves per day

Bread, Rice, Pasta,

Cereal6 serves per day

Healthy Eating Pyramid

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Healthy Eating Plate

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Why Bother?

• 1 in 4 adults are overweight or obese

• 1 in 5 children are overweight and 1 in 12 are

obese

• 11,000 deaths in NZ each year due to

lifestyle – these are preventable:

8000-9000 deaths due to bad diet

2000-3000 due to low activity level

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Eating healthy:

• Keeps our weight down reducing the risk of adult

diabetes

• Eating less food from the top of the pyramid

reduces salt intake and keeps our blood pressure

down

So we live longer...

Benefits

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To help the RSE worker(s) to:• Learn about food types• Identify which types of food we should eat to have

a balanced and healthy diet Activities:• Work as a group/individual to create a healthy food

pyramid poster • Download example pictures by clicking the button

below

Learning Goals

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To help the RSE worker(s) to:• Calculate the required servings per week for

different types of food groups Activities:• Test your healthy food pyramid knowledge.

Take the quiz by clicking on the tick button below.

Learning Goals