Calculating Dietary Energy
Calculate and evaluate energy intake and requirements in a healthy daily diet, interpreting food labels and nutritional data
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If your child was reading food labels at the supermarket with you, could they work out roughly whether a meal gives too much, too little, or about the right amount of energy for a day?
Calculate and evaluate energy intake and requirements in a healthy daily diet, interpreting food labels and nutritional data
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- Reads and interprets a nutritional information label (kJ and kcal)
- Estimates daily energy requirements for a person of a given age/activity level
- Compares the energy content of different diets and identifies surpluses or deficits
“If your child was reading food labels at the supermarket with you, could they work out roughly whether a meal gives too much, too little, or about the right amount of energy for a day?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- Science
- Domain
- Organisms & Life Processes
- Age range
- Ages 11–13
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