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This innovative, educational platform helps you expand your knowledge and feed your children’s curiosity. Designed and developed by experts, the Academy offers a reliable source for gaining insight into issues related to food and nutrition through videos, themed worksheets and much more.

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Food and the 5 senses

What role do our 5 senses play in our perception of the food we eat?

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Food and nutrients

A varied and balanced diet. What does it mean? What is the role of the nutrients found in our food?

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Processing food

Why do we need to process food before eating it? Understanding food labels.

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The digestive system

A trip inside the digestive tract!

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Ecology and food economy

Understanding the economic and environmental implications of producing food.

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Eating, moving and growing

Why do we need food? How can we get all we need to run, play and feel good?

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Food and the 5 senses

Sight, hearing, touch, smell, taste... How do we use our 5 senses when we eat?

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Food and nutrients

Food groups, nutrients... What are they for? Why should we eat a balanced and varied diet?

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Processing food

How is food prepared and preserved? How can we make sense of food labels?

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The digestive system

What are the secrets of the digestive tract? Set off on a great adventure now!

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Ecology and food economy

How do we produce the food we eat? What impact does that have on the planet?

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Eating, moving and growing

Why do we need food? How can we get all we need to run, play and feel good?

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This innovative platform, a perfect mix between theory and practical activities, helps enrich your study programme and make your lessons come alive! The Academy invites you to discover its MOOCs platform comprising videos, activities, educational worksheets and much more...

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This innovative platform, a perfect mix between theory and practical activities, helps enrich your study programme and make your lessons come alive! Fully aligned with Swiss and French school curricula, the Academy invites you to discover its MOOCs platform comprising videos, activities, educational worksheets and much more... Plus, if you wish to go even further, the tests and quizzes will help you keep track of your pupils’ progress.

Food and the 5 senses

What role do our 5 senses play in our perception of the food we eat?

Go to courses

Food and nutrients

A varied and balanced diet. What does it mean? What is the role of the nutrients found in our food?

Go to courses

Processing food

Why do we need to process food before eating it? Understanding food labels.

Go to courses

The digestive system

Digestion: The journey of food in the digestive tract!

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Ecology and food economy

Understanding the economic and environmental implications of producing food

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Eating, moving and growing

Why do we need food? How can we get all we need to run, play and feel good?

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The digestive system

Digestive phenomena

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What is a digestive event?

Food going down the wrong way

Eructation

Hiccups

Stomach ache

Vomiting

Borborygmus

Intestinal wind

Diarrhoea

Constipation

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Vomiting

What is vomiting?

Vomiting is a defence mechanism in case we swallow toxic substances. Vomiting empties some of the contents of the stomach through the mouth. It should not be confused with regurgitation, which is a passive movement of the contents of the stomach back up towards the mouth.

What causes vomiting?

Food poisoning, inflammation of the digestive tract, such as a stomach ulcer, or gastroenteritis can cause vomiting. It can also be a side effect of some types of medication.

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Digestive phenomena

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Vomiting