After a series of class periods, lunchtime is a good moment for relaxation with friends. Most teenagers are used to eating out during lunch or ordering lunchboxes at school because of the inadequate time for going back home to eat or for food preparation in the morning. Do you ever notice how nutritious your lunch dishes are? Do your lunch dishes provide you healthy proportions of foods and follow the Healthy Diet Pyramid recommendations?

Besides being tasty, hygienic, economical and served in an environmentally friendly, reusable and washable container, a healthy lunch should follow the rules of the Healthy Diet Pyramid recommendations.

  • Lunch should give you about 1/3 of your daily energy intake
  • A well-balanced lunchbox should look like the one shown below, which has 1/2 rice, 1/3 vegetables, 1/6 meat, fish, egg or legume dishes.