Healthy Eating: 10 to 12
Prescribed Learning Outcomes in Planning 10 (PL), Graduation Transitions (GT),
Physical Education (PE), Home Economics (HE) and Family Studies (FS)
The Healthy Living Performance Standards represent selected PLO’s at these grade levels. For a complete list of PLO’s go to Planning 10, Graduation Transitions, Physical Education, Home Economics, and Family Studies.
Printable Version of the 10 to 12 Healthy Eating PLO (PDF 65KB | Word 28KB)
Home Economics: Foods and Nutrition 10-12
Planning 10
Healthy Living
- C1 analyse factors that influence health (e.g., physical activity, nutrition, stress management)
Health Information
- C2 analyse health information for validity and personal relevance
Graduation Transitions
Grades Ten through Twelve
Personal Health
- demonstrate the knowledge, attitudes, and positive habits needed to be healthy individuals, responsible for their own physical and emotional well-being, by:
- developing a long-term personal healthy living plan appropriate to their lifestyle that describes
- sound nutritional habits
- positive health choices
Home Economics: Foods and Nutrition 10-12
Grade Ten
Nutrition and Healthy Eating
- C2 create nutritious menus for a variety of dietary and budget considerations using Eating Well with Canada’s Food Guide
- C3 analyse the relationship between daily food intake and physical activity
- C4 compare recipes to identify the healthier choice
- C5 evaluate commercial food products, including interpreting information on food labels, analysing food labels for nutritional value, developing and using criteria to compare similar food products
Grade Eleven
Nutrition and Healthy Eating
- C2 create nutrition plans within a specified budget for a variety of dietary considerations that meet recommendations from Eating Well with Canada’s Food Guide
- C3 analyse individual eating practices as they relate to physical and mental well-being, food fads, and food myths (e.g., comfort foods, trendy diets, exaggerated claims about foods)
- C4 identify ways to improve the nutritional value of recipes
Grade Twelve
Nutrition and Healthy Eating
- C1 apply principles from Eating Well with Canada’s Food Guide and other reliable sources to analyse menus and make recommendations for particular dietary needs
- C2 demonstrate an understanding of the importance of energy balances
