Year 9 - Cooking and nutrition
Health conditions
Health and dietary needs
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Unit Summary
In this unit pupils explore key nutritional needs throughout life, and allergies, food labelling, portion size and health conditions. They plan dishes and menus, and describe how diets can be changed for health to meet the needs of different groups of people.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to describe how diets can be changed for health.
Key Notes
- Health implications are caused by poor diet (dietary excess or deficiency), e.g. obesity, bone health, heart disease.
- Nutrition, ingredient and allergy information on food labels help us to make informed food and drink choices.
- Meals and diets can be planned and evaluated for the needs of different groups of people.
Vocabulary To Learn
- malnutrition: intakes of energy and/or nutrients below or in excess of needs for long periods of time
- undernutrition: having an intake of energy and/or nutrients below what is needed
- overnutrition: having an intake of energy above what is needed
- coronary heart disease: a health condition caused by the narrowing of the blood vessels to the heart
- obesity: a health condition caused by too much energy (calories) being consumed, or high levels of inactivity
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- There is one form of malnutrition, intakes of energy and/or nutrients being below what is required.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Health implications are caused by poor diet (dietary excess or deficiency), e.g. obesity, bone health, heart disease. Nutrition, ingredient and allergy information on food labels help us to make informed food and drink choices.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'malnutrition'
intakes of energy and/or nutrients below or in excess of needs for long periods of time.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: There is one form of malnutrition, intakes of energy and/or nutrients being below what is required. Correction: There are two forms of malnutrition: undernutrition (intakes below what is required) and overnutrition (intakes above what is required).
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