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5 food & nutritions

Learning Objectives

 Food Groups
 Roughage and Water
 Balanced Diet
 Preserving Food
 Taking Care of Body

Let’s Start Learning

We need food to live and survive. Food provides nutrition that gives us energy to grow
and to be fit, and healthy. Food helps us to be active the whole day long and enables us
to perform various activities like studying, working, playing, walking and talking.
Come, let’s read about the food needed by our body.

Food Groups

A food group is a collection of foods that has various nutrients. Nutrients are the
substances that are needed by our body for good growth and health.

There are various nutrients are:
 Carbohydrates
 Proteins
 Fats
 Vitamins and Minerals
We should eat the food that has all these essential nutrients. These nutrients give
energy to our body. They help our body to repair the damaged cells. They also protect
us from falling ill very often.

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Tell the students about the nutrients needed by our body. Also tell

them about various methods to preserve food.

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