ScienceOrganisms & Life ProcessesAges 11–13

Nutrients in a Healthy Diet

Identify the seven components of a healthy diet — carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, vitamins, minerals, dietary fibre, and water — and explain the role of each in the body

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Explain seven dietary components without treating food as one nutrient or prescribing a diet.

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partial: Identify the seven components of a healthy diet — carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, vitamins, minerals, dietary fibre, and water — and explain the role of each in the body
Recall and supported menu reasoning, not dietary assessment or a personalised health plan; simplified fibre/no-energy claim is qualified.
partial: Names all seven dietary components and a food source for each
Recall and supported menu reasoning, not dietary assessment or a personalised health plan; simplified fibre/no-energy claim is qualified.
partial: Explains what each nutrient does in the body (e.g. proteins for growth and repair)
Recall and supported menu reasoning, not dietary assessment or a personalised health plan; simplified fibre/no-energy claim is qualified.
partial: Identifies which nutrients provide energy and which do not
Recall and supported menu reasoning, not dietary assessment or a personalised health plan; simplified fibre/no-energy claim is qualified.
partial: If {{name}} was planning a packed lunch, could they explain what each food group does for the body — why we need protein, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, and minerals?
Recall and supported menu reasoning, not dietary assessment or a personalised health plan; simplified fibre/no-energy claim is qualified.

Recall and supported menu reasoning, not dietary assessment or a personalised health plan; simplified fibre/no-energy claim is qualified.

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Living organisms supports Nutrients in a Healthy Diet. An adult previews and guides; this is a learning page, not a scored quiz.

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Public BBC Bitesize page. An anonymous GET on 2026-11-12 returned HTTP 200 with no login or payment prompt for this URL. Opening the link does not save practice or assess mastery. An adult should preview and guide the learner.

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Names all seven dietary components and a food source for each
Explains what each nutrient does in the body (e.g. proteins for growth and repair)
Identifies which nutrients provide energy and which do not

“If your child was planning a packed lunch, could they explain what each nutrient does for the body — why we need protein, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins and minerals?”

Curriculum record

Type: Conceptual
Subject: Science
Domain: Organisms & Life Processes
Age range: Ages 11–13

Standards

uk-nc-2013:KS3.Sci.Bio.Nutrition.1

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