your eating pattern over two or three typical days and use this to answer the following questions, then check to see how good your diet really is. Cereals and Grains 1 large slice of wholemeal bread 1 cup cooked pasta/rice/pulses (about 56g (2 oz) uncooked equals 1 serving, so a cup is a generous portion) Medium bowl whole grain cereal Fruit and Vegetables 140g (5 oz) or 1 fairly large serving of cooked vegetables. (e.g. 1 normal portion of cooked cabbage or 2 florets of broccoli equals 112g (4 oz); portion of parsnips equals 112g (4 oz); small baked potato equals 112g (4 oz) 150 mis (5 oz) or 1 small glass of fruit juice 84g (3 oz) raw fruit (e.g. half a banana, 1 peach, 3 of an apple, half an orange, half a pear) 84g (3 oz) raw vegetables (e.g. 1 carrot, 2 small tomatoes, large serving raw cabbage) Average salad serving equals 28g (1 oz) lettuce, 28g (1 oz) green peppers, 14g (1 oz) radishes Dairy Produce 11 pint skimmed or semi-skimmed milk with added vitamins A&D 56g (2 oz) cheddar cheese Small tub low fat yoghurt Small tub cottage cheese Protein 84g (3 oz) fish (e.g. small piece cod, 1 tin tuna) 84g (3 oz) poultry (e.g. chicken breast) 84g (3 oz) meat (3 slices of beef) 84g (3 oz) liver (e.g. 3 thin slices) 1. (a) Do you eat less than one portion per day of liver/oily fish/yellow or leafy green vegetables? (b) Do you have less than one portion per day from the dairy group? 2. (a) DO you eat less than one portion of bread/pasta/rice/cereals/pulses per day? (b) Do you have less than two portions of meat/liver/eggs per day? (c) Are your main meals often eaten in canteens/restaurants? 3. (a) Do you have less than 2/3 portions of fruit per day. (b) Do you have less than 2/3 portions of lightly cooked or raw vegetables per day? (c) Are your main meals often eaten in canteens/restaurants? (d) Do you smoke? 4. (a) Do you avoid using butter/butter substitutes? (b) Do you have less than one portion of breakfast cereal/oily fish/eggs per day? (c) Do you spend only a little time outside in sunlight? 5. (a) Do you eat less than two slices of bread per day? (b) Do you have less than one portion of red meat/liver/dried fruit/nuts/lentils/eggs per day? (c) Is your intake of fresh fruit and vegetables/fruit juice low, e.g.

three or less portions per day? 6. (a) Do you have less than two portions of dairy produce/oily fish per day? (b) Do you eat bread or green leafy vegetables only occasionally? (c) have you answered yes to more than one question in 5? 7. (a) Do you eat meat/liver/grains/cereals very infrequently? (b) Do you try to eat a lot of fibre, e.g., always choose wholemeal varieties of bread, pasta and rice, have whole wheat breakfast cereal? BUSINESS BUC