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Healthy Eating 
A healthy diet is essential for good health and will help you
manage your weight. But what is a healthy diet?
The government has set out eight guidelines to help us achieve
this:
- Enjoy your food
- Eat a variety of different food
- Eat the right amount to be a healthy weight
- Eat plenty of foods rich in starch and fibre
- Eat plenty of fruit and vegetables
- Don't eat too many foods that contain a lot of fat
- Don't have sugary foods and drinks too often
- If you drink alcohol, drink sensibly
The Balance of Good Health demonstrates the variety of foods
that we should be eating and can be applied to all healthy
individuals over the age of 5.
The following websites provide further information
Change 4
Life Help for families to eat well, move more and live
longer, happier lives
Eat Well Advice
on healthy eating
British Nutrition
Foundation Advice and tips on how to put healthy eating
and healthy lifestyles into practice for life
British
Heart Foundation Beating heart disease together
Cook and
Eat A local project which aims to address the issue of
childhood obesity