HEALTH

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LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET#1
Background Information for Learners
Good nutrition is very important in enhancing your quality of life and in preventing diseases. It
provides you with the needed energy boosters and nutrients for your maximum energy and wellness.
It’s worthy to note, however, that nutritional needs vary for each stage of life, so it is important to eat a
healthy diet through all life stages.
Early adolescence and adolescence periods are the times when growth spurt is the most visible
or obvious especially the physical constitution of a person. The physical changes during this stage
affect the body’s nutritional needs in the same way that changes in the lifestyle of an adolescent may
also affect his/her food choices and eating habits.
As an adolescent with active social life and busy schedules, you might often skip meals for
snacks throughout the day. You might also often skip breakfast, not knowing that this important meal
will give you the energy to make it through the day and to perform activities well in school. These
snacks may come from fast foods chains or “carinderias”. When you eat outside, your choices of foods
are often high in fats and sugar that provide less nutritional values. These eating practices are unhealthy
and are major risk factors in developing chronic diseases, such as heart diseases, diabetes and even
some types of cancer.
Activity 1. My Own Menu
Direction: Plan and design your own one-week food menu, by filling out the menu boxes below, based
on the food pyramid and your nutritional needs.

MONDAY TUESDAY WENESDAY

BREAKFAST: BREAKFAST: BREAKFAST:

LUNCH: LUNCH: LUNCH:

DINNER: DINNER: DINNER:

SNACK: SNACK: SNACK:

 THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

BREAKFAST: BREAKFAST: BREAKFAST:

LUNCH: LUNCH: LUNCH:

DINNER: DINNER: DINNER:

SNACK: SNACK: SNACK:

SUNDAY

BREAKFAST: DINNER:

LUNCH: SNACK:

• Why do we need to plan the foods we take? What are the advantages of eating nutritious foods?

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LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET #2

Nutrition During Adolescence

Background Information for the Learners

Adolescents need appropriate amounts of calories, proteins, minerals and vitamins to grow well. The
best way to ensure that they get what they need while maintaining a healthy weight is to provide a variety of
nutritious foods that are low in fat and sugar.

A balanced and healthy diet for adolescents is vital for their development. Here are some pointers for
their diet:

1. Aim for five servings of fruits and vegetables each day. Adolescents can gradually build up to
this amount. A good goal to try is eat fruit with each meal for a week.
 2. Reduce fat. Opt for low-fat substitutes instead, to ensure a fat-reduced/fat-free food intake without
getting short on the supply of energy-giving foods necessary for these adolescents’ activities.

3. Eat sugary foods in moderation only. If they follow a healthy diet, one sweet a day is fine.

4. Eat healthy snacks. Keep healthy foods on - hand for snacks.

5. Serve appropriate portions for meals and snacks. Oversized portions often contribute to
fast/rapid weight gain.

ACTIVITY 2. HAVE FUN WITH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES!

Directions: Identify the different nutritious food hidden in the puzzle. Words can be read up, down or
across, from left to right or right to left.

B F S E A Y A P A P

R C Q L S R P E A R

O H U P B A N A N A
C P A P Y R E L E C

C S S A Y A M S T E

O A H E G N A R O K

L E C A R R O T S I
I P G R A P E S K W

B E G G P L A N T I
Find: Apple, Banana, Broccoli, carrots, celery, eggplant, grapes, kiwi, orange, Papaya, Pear,
Peas, Squash, and Yams.
QUIZ#1
Direction: How often should you eat these kinds of food? Choose your answer on the box then write
on the space provided.

Eat less Eat moderately Eat more

Eat most

______________________1. Fats, oils, salts and sweets

______________________2. Fruits and vegetables

______________________3. Meat, Poultry, fish and eggs

______________________4. Grains and cereals

______________________5. Dairy products, milk and yogurt.

 1. Explain how selection of foods is very important to you as a student?
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PERFORMANCE TASK #1
Trip to the Market
Directions: To check if you can apply what you have learned in planning for a
balanced diet, complete the following chart if you can buy wisely considering the
suggested serving from the food pyramid guide for a day meal.

List of prices at the TALIPAPA:

Egg 5pcs Php30.00 Tuyo Php15.00/pack

Petchay/bundle Php20.00 Cake Php300.00
Saging 1kg Php40.00 Tasty Bread Php50.00
Beef Php250.00/kg Pakwan Php150.00
Pinya Php50.00/piece Tofu Php50.00/kg
Sitaw Php20.00/bundle Hito Php120.00/kg
Bangus Php130.00/kg Talong Php20.00 each
Kullitis Php20.00/bundle White rice Php45.00/kilo
Brown rice Php65.00 per kilo Bottled mineral water
Php11.00
Fruit juice Php10.00 Sibuyas Php80.00 per kilo
Kamatis Php50.0/kg Milk Php100.00/carton
Cheese Php11.00 per mini pack Tap water (free)
Protein Carbohydrates Fiber Vitamins Minerals Water Fats

Total Cost

Rubric for scoring

Criteria 10pts 8pts 6pts 4pts
Balance of Mentioned an Mentioned examples Mentioned examples Mentioned 3-4
food example for all but lacking some in but some incorrectly incorrectly placed
nutrients in proper column placed in column in column
column
Complete Completed all Completed required Completed some No completed food
food basket required food food but some required food and groups and
nutrients in the missing /unmatched some unmatched
group food groups missing/unmatched
place food groups
 PERFORMANCE TASK#2

Direction: Describe the pictures below. Answers must be briefly but substantially.

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