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Junior Cycle Home Economics: Food choice & healthy eating

How often Food choice & healthy eating comes up on the Home Economics papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

CL Asked on 5 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. banker

Food choice & healthy eating, Common Level(6 marks)

Quick ones on Food choice & healthy eating.

(a)On the Healthy Ireland food pyramid, which shelf should make up the biggest part of your daily diet?
  1. Wholemeal cereals, breads and potatoes
  2. Vegetables, salad and fruit
  3. Milk, yoghurt and cheese
(b)How often does the food pyramid advise eating foods from the top shelf, such as crisps, sweets and cakes?
  1. Two or three small servings with each meal
  2. Once every day, as long as the portion is small
  3. Not every day: once or twice a week at most
(c)How many servings of vegetables, salad and fruit does the food pyramid recommend each day?
  1. 5 to 7
  2. 10 to 12
  3. 1 to 2
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(a) Vegetables, salad and fruit

(b) Not every day: once or twice a week at most

(c) 5 to 7

Your turn: Common Level questions on Food choice & healthy eating.

Common Level

Asked on 5 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. banker

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026B12b
2025A1, A10, B12d
2024B13b
2023B12a, B12d
2022B12b

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

More Food choice & healthy eating questions

Food choice & healthy eating, 2 marks

What is a balanced diet?

  1. Equal amounts of every food group each day
  2. A diet that cuts out all fats and sugars
  3. All the nutrients in the right amounts
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All the nutrients in the right amounts

Balanced means the right proportions, not equal amounts: plenty from the lower shelves, less from the top. Some fat is still needed, e.g. to carry vitamins A, D, E and K.

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