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Health
Quarter 2 – Module 6:
Applying Decision-Making Skills
to Prevent Nutritional Problems

CO_Q2_Health7_Module 6
Health – Grade 7
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Quarter 2 – Module 6: Applying Decision-Making Skills to Prevent Nutritional
Problems
First Edition, 2020

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Health
Quarter 2 – Module 6:
Applying Decision-Making Skills
to Prevent Nutritional Problems
Introductory Message
This Self-Learning Module (SLM) is prepared so that you, our dear
learners, can continue your studies and learn while at home. Activities,
questions, directions, exercises, and discussions are carefully stated for you
to understand each lesson.

Each SLM is composed of different parts. Each part shall guide you
step-by-step as you discover and understand the lesson prepared for you.

Pre-tests are provided to measure your prior knowledge on lessons in

each SLM. This will tell you if you need to proceed on completing this
module or if you need to ask your facilitator or your teacher’s assistance for
better understanding of the lesson. At the end of each module, you need to
answer the post-test to self-check your learning. Answer keys are provided
for each activity and test. We trust that you will be honest in using these.

In addition to the material in the main text, Notes to the Teacher are
also provided to our facilitators and parents for strategies and reminders on
how they can best help you on your home-based learning.

Please use this module with care. Do not put unnecessary marks on
any part of this SLM. Use a separate sheet of paper in answering the
exercises and tests. And read the instructions carefully before performing
each task.

If you have any questions in using this SLM or any difficulty in

answering the tasks in this module, do not hesitate to consult your teacher
or facilitator.

Thank you.
 What I Need to Know
This module was designed and written with you in mind. It will help
you understand your nutritional needs and will guide you to choose the
right foods for adolescents.

This module focuses on this lesson:

Lesson 6: Applying Decision-Making Skills to Prevent Nutritional

Problems of Adolescents.

After going through this module, you are expected to:

 apply decision-making and critical thinking skills to prevent
nutritional problems of adolescents (H7N-IIg-h-27)

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 What I Know

Part I: Multiple Choice

Directions: Read each item carefully. Write the letter of your answer in your
activity notebook.

1. Which of the following is NOT healthful to do?

A. Eat fruits and vegetables daily.
B. Limit the intake of sugar and salt.
C. Increase the consumption of fatty foods.
D. Eat breakfast high in fiber like oatmeal.

2. You were asked by your mother to go to the market and buy some
food for your lunch since she is sick and cannot cook. What will you
buy?
A. Longganisa, fried rice, egg, and coffee
B. Fried chicken, rice, longganisa, and orange juice
C. Barbeque, rice, watermelon, and soda
D. Sinigang, rice, pakbet, and ripe banana

3. Which of the following is best for a healthful diet?

A. Sweet foods
B. Processed foods
C. Fibers from vegetables and fruits
D. Coffee and salty foods

4. When done every day, which of the following practices is NOT good
for the body?
A. Drinking sodas
B. Drinking eight glasses of water
C. Eating a variety of fruits and vegetables
D. Eating nutritious foods

5. Which food group is best if you want to get enough energy?

A. Meat group
B. Milk and eggs
C. Fats, Lipids, and oils
D. Bread and rice

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6. Your mother told you to avoid eating foods that contain more fats.
Which of the following foods you should not eat?
A. Fresh fruits
B. Fried chicken
C. Milk products
D. Green leafy vegetables

7. Which of the following is the best way to get all the nutrients
your body needs?
A. Eat foods rich in fat
B. Eat a combination of nutritious foods
C. Drink alcohol in moderation
D. Eat the same foods over and over again

8. In what way can you eat a variety of foods?

A. Eat at fast food restaurants every day.
B. Eat only your favorite foods.
C. Eat different kinds of foods from each food group every day.
D. Eat plenty of the same foods every day.

9. Your mother is suffering from high blood pressure. Which of the

following foods she should avoid eating?
A. Foods rich in calcium
B. Foods rich in sodium
C. Foods rich in iron
D. Foods rich in magnesium

10. Which of the following is NOT the best practice in choosing the food you
eat for your healthy body?
A. Identify the ingredients of the food you eat.
B. Consider the preparation of the food you eat.
C. Choose affordable but healthy food.
D. Buy anything you want.

PART II: True or False.

Directions: Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if it is

wrong. Write your answer in your activity notebook.

11. The food you eat affects your overall health condition including
your ability to stay active.
12. Nutritional problem among adolescents is due to poor food
choices and poor food intake.
13. Eating a variety of foods is a good nutritional habit.
14. Eating plenty of grains, vegetables, and fruits provides you
more fats and vitamins.
15. Eating in fast food most of the time is a good eating practice.

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 Nutrition: Applying
Lesson
Decision-Making Skills
1 to Prevent Nutritional
Problems
Good health is not a matter of chance. It is a product of good nutrition
and proper decision-making skills. Every day you make decisions about
what you will eat. The decisions you make affect your health and how you
feel about yourself. This module will enhance your decision making and
critical thinking skills to prevent nutritional problems and to attain optimal
health.

What’s In

In your previous lesson, you successfully learned the different eating

disorders; their characteristics, signs, and symptoms as well as the ways
and means to prevent them.

Activity 1: Who Am I?

In this activity, you will be assessed if you still remember the different
eating disorders.

Directions: Complete the table below with the needed information. Choose
your answer from the choices in the box below. Write your answer in your
activity notebook.

Anorexia Nervosa Binge Eating Discover Bulimia

Eating Disorder Characteristics

I am a disorder characterized by impulsive eating.
I am an eating disorder characterized by self-imposed
starvation leading to excessive weight loss.
I am a disorder in which the clearing of the digestive
tract follows cycles of overeating.

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 What’s New

Activity 1: It’s Your Choice!

This activity will help you strengthen your decision-making skills to

choose the kind of individual you want to be.

Directions: Analyze the illustrations below and answer the questions that
follow. Do this in your activity notebook.

STUDENT A STUDENT B STUDENT A STUDENT B

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 What is It

Based on the activity It’s Your Choice, answer the following questions.
Write your answer in your activity notebook.

1. What conclusion can you draw based on the photo?

2. If you were to choose, who you want to be, student A or

student B? Why?

As an adolescent, you are now responsible to choose the foods you eat
and to make a decision about your health. The food you eat affects your
overall health including your ability to stay active. If you choose the right
foods to eat, this will provide your body with the nutrients it needs to help
you look healthy and to perform at your best. Your decision-making and
critical thinking skills will help you make good decisions based on your
needs and desires.

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 What’s More

Activity 1: Healthy or Unhealthy

In this activity, you will classify foods as healthy or unhealthy. This

task will strengthen your decision-making skills.

Directions: Write H if the food is healthy and UH if the food is unhealthy.

Write your answer in your activity notebook.

1. 2.

3. 4.

5. 6.
Questions:
1. What did you consider in classifying the following foods as healthy
and unhealthy?

2. Does eating healthy food help prevent nutritional problem? Why or

why not?

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Activity 2: Stairway to Being Healthy

This activity will help you identify the eating practices that contribute
to a healthy body and somehow assess your eating practices.

Directions: Choose from the box below the eating practices that contribute
to achieving a healthy body. Write your answers on any step of the stairs
below. Do this in your activity notebook. (Do this in the separate
photocopied material given by your teacher.)

eats 3 meals a day eats a variety of fruits every day

skips breakfast eats on time
eats unprocessed foods eats in fast foods most of the time
drinks 8 glasses of water a day eats more foods rich in fiber
eats green leafy vegetables eats foods rich in fats

Question:
1. Of the eating practices you wrote on the stairs, how many of those
that you are already practicing?

How’s your score? If you got 6 and above, congratulations! You are on
the right path. If you answered less, you need to reflect on your eating
habits and make plans to improve it.

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Activity 3: My Plate of Foods

This activity will assess your decision-making to choose the right

foods for breakfast, lunch and dinner that is needed by your body.

Directions: From the choices in the box, choose your own food suitable for
breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Considering the right nutrition, choose only
two variety of foods for each category. Write your answer in your activity
notebook. (Draw the plate in your activity notebook.)

Fruits Vegetables Protein Grains

Banana Chopsuey Fried egg Rice
Watermelon Ginisang sayote with Boiled egg Corn
Apple pork meat Fried Tilapya Oat bread
Mango Fried eggplant Inihaw na liempo Cereals
Pears Pinakbet Sinigang na hipon
Guyabano Laing na gabi with Steam tuna
Avocado dilis Fried Tapa
Ginataang langka Beef steak with beans
with dilis Roasted Chicken
Adobong sitaw with Fried Pork Chop
chicharon Nilagang Baka
Fried okra Tinola
Ginisang monggo Sinigang na Bangus
Ginisang repolyo
with chicken
Steam pechay

Vegetables Grains

Fruits Proteins

BREAKFAST

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 Vegetables Grains

Fruits Proteins

LUNCH

Vegetables Grains

Fruits Proteins

DINNER

After doing the activity, answer the following questions:

1. What are your bases in choosing the foods for your meals?
2. Do you think the foods you chose provide enough nutrients your
body needs?

In choosing foods that we eat; we should consider the nutrients that

we can get from these foods. It is important that you eat a variety of foods
for you to get enough nutrients your body needs. The preparations and
ingredients are also important to consider.

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Activity 4: My Own Corn Soup

This activity will help you decide what ingredients are best to use to
get the essential nutrients that your body needs to become healthy.

Directions: Make a healthy corn soup for your family. Choose from the
ingredients in the box below. Write your chosen ingredients in the pot
below. Do this in your activity notebook.

onion salt soy sauce

garlic all-purpose flour artificial seasonings
margarine water whole corn kernel
patis chicken broth egg
cooking oil pepper corn starch

CONGRATULATIONS! You made your own corn soup.

Questions:

1. Are you confident that your corn soup is nutritious? Why or why
not?

2. How will you convince your family to eat your corn soup?

In cooking, choosing the right ingredients is very essential because

the nutrients from the ingredients affect the body. When you eat healthy
foods, you improve your chance of staying healthy.

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Activity 5: Our Foods for the Party

The next task will assess your knowledge and skills in making
decisions about which food is good for the body.

Directions: Read the situation below and then answer the questions that
follow. Write your answer in your activity notebook.

Situation:

Your class is planning a simple birthday party for your class adviser.
You are in charge of the refreshments. You asked your classmates to
suggest foods and beverages. The suggested foods and beverages are listed
below.

burger corn chips

vegetables salad soft drinks
French fries pizza
hotdogs buko juice
sugarless oatmeal cookies rice
chopsuey donuts

Questions:

1. If you were to choose, which foods would you like for the party?

2. Why do you choose these foods?

3. How will you convince your classmates to agree with the food
you chose?

Choosing healthy foods is very important. Healthy foods provide your

body with the nutrients needed for your good health. Healthful foods help
you grow.

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 What I Have Learned

Activity 1: Let’s Sum It Up

This activity will help you generalize the important concepts to

remember in this module.

Directions: Choose the appropriate word(s) from the box that will complete
the thought of the paragraph, then answer the question below. Write your
answer in your activity notebook.

right foods decision variety health

nutrients

The food you eat greatly affects your overall including your
ability to stay active. If you choose the to eat, these will provide
your body with the it needs to help you look to perform at your
best. It is important that you eat a of foods for you to get enough
nutrients your body need. Your making and critical thinking skills
will help you make a good decision based on your needs and desire.

Question:

1. What are the important things to consider in choosing the right

foods to prepare to prevent nutritional problems?

If you got the correct answers, Congratulations! You are ready to work
on the next task prepared for you!

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 What I Can Do

Activity 1: My Own Menu for a Week!

This activity will measure your understanding about your nutritional

needs and how to choose the right foods for adolescents.

Directions: Create a one-week meal plan following the food pyramid guide.
(Do this in the separate photocopied material given by your teacher.)

Day Breakfast Lunch Dinner

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

For good health, you need a plan to eat the nutrients your body needs.
Choosing foods from the healthful food groups and eating a wide variety of
healthy foods ensure we get the essential nutrients we need.

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 Assessment

Part I: Multiple Choice

Directions: Read each item carefully. Write the letter of your correct answer
in your activity notebook.

1. Which of the following is NOT healthful to do?

A. Eat fruits and vegetables daily.
B. Limit the intake of sugar and salt.
C. Increase the consumption of fatty foods.
D. Eat breakfast high in fiber like oatmeal.

2. You were asked by your mother to go to the market and buy some food
for your lunch since she is sick and cannot cook. What will you buy?
A. Longganisa, fried rice, egg, and coffee
B. Fried chicken, rice, longganisa, and orange juice
C. Barbeque, rice, watermelon, and soda
D. Sinigang, rice, pakbet, and ripe banana

3. Which of the following is best for a healthful diet?

A. Sweet foods
B. Processed foods
C. Fibers from vegetables and fruits
D. Coffee and salty foods

4. When done every day, which of the following practices is NOT good
for the body?
A. Drinking sodas
B. Drinking eight glasses of water
C. Eating a variety of fruits and vegetables
D. Eating nutritious foods

5. Which food group is best if you want to get enough energy?

A. Meat group
B. Milk and eggs
C. Fats, Lipids, and oils
D. Bread and rice

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 6. Your mother told you to avoid eating foods that contain more fats.
Which of the following foods you should not eat?
A. Fresh fruits
B. Fried chicken
C. Milk products
D. Green leafy vegetables

7. Which of the following is the best way to get all the nutrients
your body needs?
A. Eat foods rich in fat
B. Eat a combination of nutritious foods
C. Drink alcohol in moderation
D. Eat the same foods over and over again

8. In what way can you eat a variety of foods?

A. Eat at fast food restaurants every day.
B. Eat only your favorite foods.
C. Eat different kinds of foods from each food group every day.
D. Eat plenty of the same foods every day.

9. Your mother is suffering from high blood pressure. Which of the

following food she should avoid eating?
A. Foods rich in calcium
B. Foods rich in sodium
C. Foods rich in iron
D. Foods rich in magnesium

10. Which of the following is NOT the best practice in choosing the food you
eat for your healthy body?
A. Identify the ingredients of the food you eat.
B. Consider the preparation of the food you eat.
C. Choose affordable but healthy food.
D. Buy anything you want.

PART II: True or False.

Directions: Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if it is

wrong. Write your answer in your activity notebook.

11. The food you eat affects your overall health condition including
your ability to stay active.
12. Nutritional problem among adolescents is due to poor food
choices and poor food intake.
13. Eating a variety of foods is a good nutritional habit.
14. Eating plenty of grains, vegetables, and fruits provides you
more fats and vitamins.
15. Eating in fast food most of the time is a good eating practice.

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 Additional Activities

Activity 1: My Healthy Snack

This activity will strengthen your understanding of nutritional
needs of adolescents and improve your critical thinking and decision-
making skills to choose the best foods to prevent nutritional problems.

Directions: Design your own healthful snack. Give your snack a

name. Include nutrition information on your label. You can cut
pictures from magazines, brochures, pamphlets, and other materials
or you can draw your own snack.

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Answer Key
References

1. Department of Education, Physical Education and Health Learner’s

Material Grade 7. Pasig City: Department of Education, 2017

2. Department of Education, Physical Education and Health Teaching

Guide Grade 7. Pasig City: Department of Education, 2017
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