Healthy Eating: Teaching and Learning Materials (Secondary)

These free resources will help you embed Healthy Eating into lessons and school culture

 

The Eatwell Guide

The Eatwell Guide is portrays the main food groups that together provide a healthy, balanced diet. This guide has replaced the the Eatwell Plate. Check that you are not using any of the the old Eatwell Plate resources as they are now out of date. 

Eatwell_Guide_booklet

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Eatwell guide colour image to download

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Caroline Walker Trust: resources for 8-18 year olds

Produces practical guidelines on nutrition and eating well, with specific resources for schools. They have practical teaching resources for ages 5-11 and 12-18. Please use the updated Eat Well Model above, rather than the older version on this site.

British Dietetic Association: Food Facts 

These food factsheets cover a range of topics from nutrients to fad diets.

Gulp: Give up loving Sugar

Free resources including powerpoints and assemblies

Sugar Smart

Resources for schools to help reduce sugar consumption, including the Fizz Free February campaign.

Body Confidence Campaign Tool

Somebody Like Me and In Your Face research show that body confidence has a direct impact on students’ academic performance and general wellbeing. Working with a team of experts and teachers, the Be Real Campaign created the Body Confidence Campaign Toolkit for Schools to help develop body confidence in students so they can thrive both in and out of the classroom.

The Be Real Campaign’s mission is to change attitudes to body image and help all of us put health above appearance and be confident in our bodies.