HEALTH
AND
GROWTH
SCIENCE PRIMARY GRADE 2
What food can you see in 2
the picture?
Human need food to grow.
The correct amount of food
and water keeps human alive.
Exercise help us to stay
healthy.
WHY DO WE NEED
FOOD AND WATER?
We sweat in hot weather and after exercise. 4
We use water from our body to make sweat.
Sweat helps to cool our body.
We need to drink water regularly.
When you are thirsty it means your body
does not have enough water.
Water keep us hydrated so we can learn and
play.
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In some ways our body is like a machine. A machine, such as a car
engine, needs energy to do its work. Human also need to eat food
regularly. Food give us energy to run and walk.
BALANCE DIET
Balance diet is a diet that
contains the correct amount
of all the different food
group
People around the world have
different diets. Meat Free
Some people need to eat a Dairy Free
special diet to stop them from
becoming ill.
Nut Free
SUGARY FOOD 9
Sugar to make food taste sweet
Can you mention the food that
contain sugar?
Do you like sweet food?
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Some foods contain lots of Canned drinks often contain a
sugar. There is sugar in lot of sugar. Some people put
sugar into drinks to make
chocolate, cakes and sweets. them taste sweeter.
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Fruit and Honey also taste sweet.
Plant use their sugar to make sweet-tasting
fruits.
Honey is made by bees after visiting flowers.
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STARCHY FOOD
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Starchy food comes from plants.
Plants store the sugars they make
as starch.
When we eat potatoes and other
starchy foods.
We feel full quickly.
We can make starchy foods using flour. 14
Flour comes from grass plants like
wheat.
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Sugary food gives us energy
quickly.
We get energy more slowly
from starchy food.
When we eat starchy food our
body turns it into sugars.
PROTEIN 16
Foods that contain protein are very 17
important in our diet.
Protein helps us to grow.
Meat and Fish contain a lot protein.
Many people do not eat meat or fish in 18
their diet.
They have a vegetarian diet.
They get the protein they need from
other food.
Peas and beans also contain a lot of
protein.
Nuts and seeds contain protein too.
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FAT AND DAIRY FOODS
Fats and oils come from both 20
animals and plants. Butter
comes from animals.
Olive oil and Sunflower oil
come from plants.
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FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
Human eat many different fruits 22
and vegetables.
Fruits are parts of a plant grow
when the flowers die.
Fruits give us vitamins and minerals.
Vitamins from fruits give us healthy
skin.
They help our body to stay healthy.
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Vegetables are other parts of plants.
Many vegetables are green.
Vegetable also help our bodies stay
healthy.
Fruits and vegetables can be many
different colours.
