UNIT TITLE:                  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:

• Understand what is meant by the term ‘healthy eating’

• Understand the ‘Balance of Good Health’ model

• Appreciate why healthy eating is important

• Reflect on their own eating habits

• Understand food labels

• Appreciate how to put healthy eating recommendations into practice

• Understand how to eat healthily on a limited budget

• Understand basic principles of food hygiene

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

2.1    Discuss the food groups portrayed in the model

2.2    Give 3 examples of common foods in each of the food groups

3.1    Discuss 6 benefits of healthy eating

3.2    Discuss at least 3 health problems linked with a poor diet

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

5.1    Describe 5 types of nutritional information contained on a food label

5.2    Compare the fat content of 2 packages

6.1    Discuss 6 ways to adapt meals to make them healthier

6.2    Discuss 3 ways to make healthier choices when shopping

7.1    From a list of packaged, processed foods, identify healthy cheap alternatives

7.2    Plan a low-cost, healthy menu for one week

8.1    Discuss common hazards in food preparation and storage