Diseases of malnutrition
Food Groups
Who fits the Meal?
Which balances the meal?
What works with our diet to keep us healthy?
100

I am bleeding from my gums.

Scurvy

100

beef and fish

Food from animals

100

milky products and refined cereals

babies

100

Yam, fried chicken and orange juice

What is missing: lettuce and tomato, milk or eggs?


lettuce and tomato

100

If I suddenly start to exercise everyday how do I treat the amount of calories I consume?

Increase?

Decrease?

Let it remain the same?

Increase

200

My muscles are soft and weak.

Kwashiorkor

200

Kidney beans and green peas

Legumes

200

Lots of food from animals 

growing adolescent

200

juice box, chips and fish fingers

What is missing : a banana chips, an apple or chicken tenders?

an apple

200

Children should eat healthy and ________

sleep all day?

exercise through play?

buy candy as snack?


exercise through play

300

I need more vitamin D.

Rickets

300

coconut oil belongs to ....... 

Fats and Oils

300

I consume much vitamins and minerals. Am I young baby or a person with a weak immune system?

A person with a weak immune system

300

milk

What is missing : cheese, beef or nothing?

nothing

300

Older persons must eat healthy but they require more______.

exercise?

sleep?

sleep

400

I am ten years old and twice my mother's weight.

Obesity

400

Yam and Wild Cocoa

Staples 

400

I drink a lot of energy giving foods. Am I an old woman or an athlete?

Athlete

400

rice and peas, green salad, pasta, apple juice.

What do I do to balance the meal: remove the pasta or the apple juice?

Remove the pasta 

400

Who requires more than 2000 calories for the day.

men?

women?

men

500

My blood count is low. The doctor said I need foods rich in iron 

Anaemia

500

I can be a stem, sometimes a root but most times I am green and leafy.

vegetables

500

I am now told to consume more fruits and vegetables and less staples. Am I an obese person or underweight?

Obese

500

What food group is messing from the KFC meal deal?

fruits and vegetables 

500

Which food group should the normal person consume the most in proportion?

fats and oils?

food from animals? 

staples?

staples