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Theme: Health
Country: Guatemala
cooking tortillas in Guatemala

How healthy is the food you eat?



Even if you like to have the odd creamy dessert or bar of chocolate, the chances are you eat a well balanced diet - or choose not to! The importance of a varied and healthy diet is generally known and understood in the Uk and Ireland.



But this is not the case for people who live in countries where access to a nutritious diet is limited. Environmental disasters may have caused crops to fail, or families may simply be unable to afford a variety of foods.



This month, our assembly looks at the difference a healthy diet has made to the lives of a community in Guatemala. We follow the story of Johanna and find out about the sort of foods that her family eat.

Age: 7-11
Subject areas: Geography