Healthy eating on a budget

LEARNING OUTCOMES ASSESSMENT CRITERIA (Understanding, skills, knowledge to be learned) (Standards of achievement against which outcomes will be measured) The learner will be able to: The learner has achieved this because (s)he can:
1. Understand what is meant by the
term 'healthy eating'
1.1 Discuss the fibre, fat, sugar and salt content of a range of common
foods
1.2 Contribute to a discussion about healthy eating guidelines
2. Understand the 'Balance of Good
Health' mode
2.1 Discuss the food groups portrayed in the model
2.2 Give 3 examples of common foods in each of the food groups
3. Appreciate why healthy eating is
important
3.1 Discuss 6 benefits of healthy eating
3.2 Discuss at least 3 health problems linked with a poor diet
4. Reflect on their own eating habit 4.1 Contribute to a discussion about factors affecting food choice (e.g.
income/culture)
4.2 Keep a mood/food diary for one week
4.3 Using the mood/food diary discuss ways to make improvements to own
diet
5. Understand food labels 5.1 Describe 5 types of nutritional information contained on a food label
5.2 Compare the fat content of 2 packages
6. Appreciate how to put healthy eating
recommendations into practice
6.1 Discuss 6 ways to adapt meals to make them healthier
6.2 Discuss 3 ways to make healthier choices when shopping
7. Understand how to eat healthily on a
limited budget
7.1 From a list of packaged, processed foods, identify healthy cheap
alternatives
7.2 Plan a low-cost, healthy menu for one week
8. Understand basic principles of food
hygiene
8.1 Discuss common hazards in food preparation and storage