Your food (easy read)

Contents

• The right kinds of food
• Bread, cereal, rice, pasta and noodles group
• Vegetables and legumes
• Fruit
• Milk, yoghurt and cheese group
• Meat, poultry, fish, beans, eggs, nuts and legumes
• Fats, oils and sweets
• Fill your plate
• Dr Kate says

The right kinds of food

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Good healthy food You need to eat some food from each part of the plate. Eat most from the biggest parts.

Bread, cereal, rice, pasta and noodles group

Eat 5 to 9 To make you feel fine

Vegetables and legumes

Serve 5 or 4

You can ask for more

Fruit

Two serves or more Don't eat the core

Milk, yoghurt and cheese group

2 to 4 serves every day. Bones and teeth will shout "Hooray!"

Meat, poultry, fish, beans, eggs, nuts and legumes

A half to 2 serves you can eat Lots to choose from not justmeat

Fats, oils and sweets

A little fat is still okay Low fat food is the better way Food and drinks that taste so sweet Have them only for a treat.

Fill your plate

Click here to get your plate (this is a Flash game so will need the Flash Player)

Dr Kate says

"Drink lots of water every day and help your body to use the food and to keep you healthy."

We've provided this information to help you to understand important things about staying healthy and happy. However, if you feel sick or unhappy, it is important to tell your mum or dad, a teacher or another grown-up.