How Healthy Are You?

• Want to check out how well you manage your energy balance?  Then be brave and face up to our quiz. 
• Want to make some changes?  This is the place to start.    

Take the quiz

Just some simple changes to your activity and food choices can make all the difference.  So if you want to:

• look and feel fab
• feel more energetic
• have healthy skin
• concentrate better at school, college or work
• achieve a healthier body shape

Check out the questions below to see how well you are doing. 

1.

Fruit and vegetables are great fillers. Do you:

Aeat 5 or more portions of fruit and vegetables a day?

Beat vegetables or fruit at just one meal each day?

Crarely/never eat fruit and vegetables?

NB One portion is a handful of vegetables or a medium piece of fruit. Fresh, frozen, dried, canned fruit and vegetables all count as does a glass of juice.

2.

Eating three meals a day is an important part of keeping healthy. Do you:

Aalways eat three main meals a day including breakfast?

Bskip meals 1-4 times a week?

Cskip breakfast or lunch everyday?

3.

It’s OK to snack provided you get the balance right. Do you:

Aeat a variety of snacks including fruit?

Bsnack regularly if you are hungry or not?

Conly snack on chocolate, sweets and fizzy drinks during the day?

4.

You need to be active to burn up excess energy and keep fit. Are you:

Aactive for at least an hour most days?

Bactive for an hour on only 2 or 3 days a week?

Cmost likely to spend your leisure time sitting indoors?

5.

Taking care to balance your portion sizes is an important part of managing your energy intake. How supersized are your portions? Do you:

Aknow when you have had enough to eat at mealtimes and sometimes leave food on your plate?

Bhave to finish your meal even though you feel uncomfortably full?

Cfinish off your meal and start snacking within the hour?

6.

Foods eaten ‘out’ are often higher in energy than those eaten at home. Do you eat out (other than at school or college) or have takeaways:

Aonce, or less than once a week?

B2 to 3 times a week?

CMore often than 3 times a week?