The boy that did not eat a balanced diet - Story and extra information for kids
Johnny learned in school what a balanced diet is. He learned that there are different food groups and we need to try and eat food from all the different food groups every day.
Johnny dis not want to eat anything else and the only thing that he ate were mangoes. He ate it for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
His mom told him that even though mangoes are very healthy, he will have to eat a little bit of protein and carbohydrates and fats and vegetables and also some dairy to make sure that he has a well balanced diet every day and get in all the vitamins and minerals that his body needed to make sure that he stays healthy and has a good immune system.
He did not know what an immune system is and his mom explained that it is a special fighting "machine" in your body - it is like little soldiers protecting your body from the enemies called viruses and bacteria that wants to make you sick. The stronger your immune system, the healthier you will be.
Johnny still did not listen and he just kept on eating mangoes for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
His mom even joked and said one day he is going to turn into a mango, because that is the only thing he ate.
Johnny's friend Michael came to visit him. Michael was clever and he explained the food pyramid to Johnny again, but still Johnny was not interested in anything else but mangoes.
Can you help and explain the food pyramid to Johnny?
One day while Johnny were eating his mangoes again, he felt a tingling sensation in his head and feet. He could feel that he was shrinking, but not only shrinking, he was getting rounder. His skin started getting a orange color and before he could really understand what was happening he turned into a mango....
Johnny was scared and alone as he just lied there on the floor.
He saw his mom come into the kitchen and he heard her say "What a beautiful, fresh mango this is. I think I will cut it up and put it into some fresh fruit salad.
O no, Johnny thought, this is not good. My mom does not know that it is me and she is going to cut me into pieces. What am I going to do?
He saw his mom coming closer and closer with the knife. He closed his eyes and shouted as loud as he could NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, it is me Johnny.....
"Johnny wake up, you are having a bad dream," he heard his mom saying.
Slowly he opened one eye and then the other one. He lifted one arm and then the other. He wiggled one foot and then the other. He felt his face, just to make sure everything was still in the right place.
O thank goodness, I did not change into a mango, he thought with a sigh of relief, it was only a dream.
