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Nutrients in a Healthy Diet

Identify the seven components of a healthy diet — carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, vitamins, minerals, dietary fibre, and water — and explain the role of each in the body

Suggested ages 11–13

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Evidence of understanding

  • Names all seven dietary components and a food source for each
  • Explains what each nutrient does in the body (e.g. proteins for growth and repair)
  • Identifies which nutrients provide energy and which do not

Assessment prompt

If Nutrients in a Healthy Diet was planning a packed lunch, could they explain what each food group does for the body — why we need protein, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, and minerals?

Standards alignment

KS3.Sci.Bio.Nutrition.1GB · uk-nc-2013

Content of a healthy human diet

The national curriculum in England: Key stages 1 and 2 framework document · KS3