Food and nutrition

Follow these links for a TKI search result of sample materials that provide learning opportunities to support the food and nutrition key area of learning referred to on page 40 of Health and Physical Education in the New Zealand Curriculum.

Students require learning opportunities in food and nutrition education that will enable them to develop:

• knowledge and understanding of the nutrition people across all age groups require for growth and development
• understanding of how nutrition, exercise, and well-being are related
• knowledge and understandings of the cultural significance of food and of rituals associated with food and nutrition
• knowledge, understandings, and skills for selecting food and preparing food and eating patterns that reflect health-enhancing attitudes towards nutrition
• knowledge of the costs associated with buying and preparing food and the skills necessary to meet nutritional needs on a limited budget
• the skills needed to prepare food successfully and safely at a personal level and as a shared responsibility.

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