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Helping the patient with reduced hydration/nutrition 2: Balancing the diet

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Activity 1

  1. This pie chart shows the proportions of the six basic food groups in a healthy diet.
A  Milk and dairy products
B  Meat and fish
C  Fats and sugars
D  Vitamins, minerals, etc
E  Fruit and vegetables
F  read, cereals, potatoes

Match the food type with the correct percentage, by writing the correct letter beside the percentage.

33%

32%

17%

12%

5%

<1%

  1. Select the number of calories you think the following people should be eating each day.
  500 1000 1500 3000 5000
A man with a physically demanding job

A frail 95 year old, inactive woman

Ben (33 year old man with cancer)

You can print out this page and/or compare your thoughts with the information in Importance of a balanced diet.