Skip to main content

A Balanced Plate

A meal can have vegetables and fruit, grains, and protein foods like fish, egg or cheese. Eating different foods and moving your body every day helps you stay healthy.

In the picture

  1. Vegetables and fruit: colorful plant foods that give vitamins and fiber.
  2. Grains: rice, bread and other grain foods that give energy.
  3. Fish, egg and cheese: protein foods that help the body grow and repair.
  4. A football: active play that makes the heart beat faster and builds strong muscles.

Examples

  • A lunch with rice, fish, carrots and an apple.
  • Riding a bike or playing tag at break time.

Quiz: A Balanced Plate (Age 9)

  1. Which food group helps the body grow and repair?

    • Fish, egg and cheese
    • Grains
    • Vegetables and fruit
  2. What do grains give the body?

    • Energy
    • Vitamins and fiber
    • Strong muscles
  3. Why is daily movement good for you?

    • It helps you grow and repair
    • It gives you vitamins and fiber
    • It helps your heart, muscles and mood

The answers, each with its explanation, are in the app. This lesson has left the free week, so its quiz is part of the subscription.

Get the app

Free app, optional subscription
App Store Google Play

Carry on in the app

At least one new illustrated lesson every weekday for your child’s year, with its quiz and a reminder at 6:15 pm.

Your child’s teacher does not use My Enhanced Teacher yet?

Tell them about it

Health, Age 9