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A Healthy Diet is a Balancing Act WorksheetA Healthy Diet is a Balancing Act Worksheet
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A Healthy Diet is a Balancing Act

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It's important to teach kids how to have a balanced diet. They are provided with six different meals, they fill in the blanks to complete each one to make it balanced. The answers could be anything and the meals offered don't seem very healthy.

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healthy eating

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Nutrition, balanced diet, healthy diet, food, health
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5th
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Health
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