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POST-BASIC SKILLS MODULE FOOD AND NUTRITION
ABORIGINAL HEALTH WORKER TRAINING PROGRAMME
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Northern Territory Department of Health,
'IERRITORY HEALTH SERVICES
with assistance from TAFE Curriculum Section, N.T. Department of Education
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MODULE: FOOD AND NUTRITION UNIT: GOOD FOOD
TOPIC: FOOD GROUPS
WORDS TO KNOW
Talk about the meanings of these words with your tutor. To help you remember what they mean pick out words from the boxes to finish the sentences.
nutrient This is the part of the food which helps the body to grow ... •J stay I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I and gives the body I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I
fat} healthy} strong} energy
repair This word means to replace the ... in the body . . food} cells} energy
energy - We use this word to talk about being able to do I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I or to I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I
be sick} play} work
good diet - A good diet has different kinds of ... which have the kinds of I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I .the body needs.
good} nutrients} foods
until they become I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I
• odultsJ childrenJ bodies
protective foods - These foods keep I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I safe from I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I sicknessJ peopleJ foods
food group This is a way of talking about ... of foods which give our I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I .different kinds of I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I
bodiesJ nutrientsJ kinds
healing - When people get many· ... •J foods from the
... ,group help them get better. This is healing,
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soresJ greenJ orangeACTIVITY 1
Write the names of all the kinds of bush foods you can find in your country <write in English or in your own language). Put the names of the foods· in the right places.
ANIMAL FOODS PLANT FOODS
Make another list of .words like ACTIVITY 1 butJ this time) write the names of the store foods you can buy in your community store.
ANIMAL FOODS
PLANT FOODS
ACTIVITY 3
Look at the posters 'FOOD GROUPS'. Draw and write the names of other GROW foods which could belong to the BLUE group,
Sunshine
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Finish writing these sentences.
These foods are ... I I I I . I I • • I • I I . I I • • • I I • I I I . I They help our bodies to I I I I I I I I I I . I . I . I I I I
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Look at the kinds of foods in the ORANGE group on the poster. Draw and write the names of other GO foods which could be in that group.
Finish writing these sentences.
These foods are They help us to
I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I
I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I
ACTIVITY 5
Read pages 49 and 50 of 'FOOD AND NUTRITION' or talk about what it says with your tutor.
Write the names of some kinds of bush foods which could be in the ORANGE group,
Finish writing this sentence.
These foods are good because they I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I
Read pages 51 to 58 of 'FOOD AND NUTRITION' or talk about what it says with your tutor. Draw and write the names of other GLOW foods which could be in that group.
Finish writing these sentences.
These foods a re ... . They he 1 p to ... .
ACTIVITY 7 . ;
Look at the GREEN group of foods on the poster. Put a line under the words that make these sentences right. Write the whole sentence.
1. These are called GLOW foods because they a) are like lights.
b) help to give us clear skin and glossy hair.
c) are good for the teeth.
2. Protective foods a) are bought in tins.
b) a re hunted in the bush.· c) come mostly from plants.
3. People without protective foods a) are healthy.
b) often get sick.
c) cannot grow.
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4. ,Fanta and Lemonade in tins a) are good protective food drinks.
b) contain only sugar and water.
c) are good for -growing children.
5. Oranges) mangoes and bush fruits a) help keep away disease.
b) are not good foods.
c) are only body building foods.
ACTIVITY 8
Draw and write the name of the food which will make each of these a good meal. Make sure that you have one food from each of the food groups. Do them like this -
steak
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Choose a food from the GREEN group to put in the empty place.
Now try the others on the next page.
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ACTIVITY 9
Look at the foods in each of the three boxes. Can you pick out the one food in each which does not belong? Cross it out. Now colour each box with the right food-group colour and write the name of the group underneath.
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MODULE: FOOD AND NUTRITION UNIT: GOOD FOOD
TOPIC: NUTRITIONAL VALUE OF FOOD
ACTIVITY 2
Make a list of some tinned or packets of animal and plant foods in the store. Decide whether the foods score
or
Write a score for each one like this - PLUMROSE
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Read the labels on the tinned or packaged foods. Write the names of those which have words like this on them -
Artificially coloured
OR
Artificially flavoured Write a score for these foods like this - ~
ACTIVITY 4
Write the names of some of the foods which hove noJ or very littleJ nutritional value. What score will you give them?
ACTIVITY 5
Find-a-word. Can you find all these foods in the puzzle? Draw a line around each one as you find it.
BANANAS BEEF
BERRIES
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B A N A N As
Is
BROWN RICE A E B R H 0 u
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M ECHEESE L T N
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p G I A w ICHICKEN M K I V L 0 y K N R
EGGS 0 F u
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A H L X RFISH N B R 0 w N R I C E
FRUIT T w F X p N V M H B
GOANNA X V R T H E B E E F
HAM
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M I Tz
E G Gs
XMILK H A L p L u N w E u
NUTS C H I C K E N K T p
SALMON TURTLE YAMS
Talk about the ·meanings of these words with your tutor. To help you remember themJ pick out words from the box to say what each one means.
fresh. means
process/processed means preserve/preserved means
artificial/artificially means flavouring means
colouring means labels means frozen means
nutritional value means
something to give taste to food how good the food is for a person the way used to change food
food so cold it is like ice not tinned or frozen
something used to give colour to food
the paper on food tins to show what is inside not the real thing
keep food to use later
ABORIGINAL HEALTH WORKER WORKBOOK MODULE: FOOD AND NUTRITION UNIT: GOOD FOOD
TOPIC: LOOKING AFTER FOOD
WORDS TO KNOW
Talk about the meanings of these words with your tutor. To help you remember themJ pick out words from the box to say what each one means.
perishable means contaminated means diarrhoea means containers means packaged means safe means unsafe means
things which are likely to go rotten quickly mixed with something bad or dirty
something dangerous which can cause sickness sickness which causes a lot of watery faeces free from dangerous things
boxesJ tins and other things for storing food
From the WORDS TO KNOW list~ pick out the words to finish these sentences.
1. Mothers should put sugar and flour in tin - - - ~ w i t h lids.
2. water from a place where peope wash is _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to drink.
3. Cooked food left in the open can be _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ by dust and flies.
4. Rain water from tanks with good covers is a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ water supply.
5. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ food can be stored in cupboards or on shelves.
6. A refrigerator is the best place to keep _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ foods.
Write the name of each kind of contaminated food which the tutor showed you. Now write what each food looks~ tastes or smells like.
(You do not hove to swallow the food to taste it. )
TASTE SMELL
ACTIVITY 2
In your community~ think of the places which ore not clean. Write them down and soy how you think they could make food become contaminated.
Where there is no refrigerator~ show what you might do with these foods. Put a cross in the box - like this [xJ
- - - - Store in
FOOD
Eat now Tin with 1 id Food
bQX \ Cupboardcovered dish
Opened tin of fish
D D D D D
Cooked meat
D D D D D
Powdered milk
D D D D D
Tinned beef
D D D D D
Custard
D D D D D
Packets of flour
D D D D D
Biscuits
D D D D D
Fresh fish
D D D D D
Sugar
D D D D D
Leftover stew
D D D D D
Cooked yams
D D D D D
Fresh milk
D D D D D
Rice
D D D D D
ACTIVITY 4
Make a collection of things suitable for storing different kinds of food eg a hanging cage) covered boxes) a hanging bagJ plastic containers. Talk about the kind of food you would store in each one.
(You might like to draw some of the storage containers here and write the name of the foods you might store in them.)
Read this story. Put words from the box in the empty places to finish the story.
Flies and come to places where there are of food) such as tables) dirty J dirty knives) forks and spoons. These
________ spread disease. People who eat from _ _ _ _ _ _ plates may get _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Mothers who prepare _______ must always
keep everything_~~~~- Cooking _ _ _ _ _ and pans must be
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ before being used. Plates) -~~~~and spoons must be washed after the food has been_-_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ must always be used.
food) pots) cockroaches~ sick) insects)
dirty) dishes) washed.
Of course) clean
ACTIVITY 6
Write down all the places in your community where people get water. Soy if the water is SAFE or UNSAFE for people to drink.
