Nutrition presentations
Homework x 2 weeks /
classwork
General
Objectives - All groups must
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Produce a power point.
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Produce a detailed hand out.
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You may want to include an activity/ food
tasting/ video/ quiz/ to help explain the information.
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You MUST include the information included in the
criteria for your topic.
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You can include additional information.
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You will be given a grade as a group based on
meeting the criteria so it is important that all students pull their weight and
can identify which part they did.
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The presentation should take approx. 20 minutes.
There will be a test at the end of this
unit
Resources to help you can be
found: In the nutrition book loaned to you or from the libruary
from web links below
Groups
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presentation date
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Carbohydrates and energy (3)
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25th November
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Protein (2)
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2nd December
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Fat (4)
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25th November
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Water and fibre
Government daily allowance (2)
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2nd December
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Vitamins and minerals (4)
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2nd December
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Healthy eating information
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videos from the
British Nutrition Foundation
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British Nutrition Foundation
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Food – a fact of life
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Foodlink
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Food Standards Agency
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FSA Food Labelling
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Guideline Daily Amounts
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Active Kids Get Cooking
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www.activekids
getcooking.org.uk
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British heart foundation
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Carbohydrates
and energy
o Why
energy is needed
o Which
foods contains the most energy
o Energy
balance and obesity
o Why
does the body need carbohydrates?
o Carbohydrate
in relation to long term and short term energy
o Simple
Carbohydrates
o Complex
Carbohydrates
o Sources
of carbohydrate in the diet
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Fat and cholesterol
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Why the body needs fat
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The three main types of fat their properties/
differences and effect on the body (saturated, poly – unsaturated, mono-
saturated
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What is the difference between the three
types?
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Examples for food high in each type of fat
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Visible and invisible fat
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Fat soluble vitamins
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Room temperature and the type of fat
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Cooking methods and the intake of fat
Cholesterol –
explained with regards to healthy eating and diet to include:
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good and bad cholesterol
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Diet confederations
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Hereditary
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Weight
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Age
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Physical activity
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How to reduce cholesterol intake
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Protein
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Requirements
for the body
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Low
biological value and high biological value protein
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Amin
acids essential and not essential (no need to know all their names)
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Protein
and a vegetarian and vegan diet
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Soya as a
source of protein
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Deficiency
Vitamins
and minerals
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Sources
of the vitamins
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Deficiency
of not enough or the effects of too much of a
vitamin
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Fat and
water soluble vitamins
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Explain
how some vitamins and minerals are need for the absorption of another vitamin
or mineral you must include Vitamin D
and calcium and Vitamin C and Iron
These are
the vitamins you must include
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Vitamin A
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B complex vitamins ( you can cover B vitamins as
a group with reference to the different B vitamins)
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B12
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Folic
acid
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Vitamin C
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Vitamin D
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Vitamin E
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Calcium
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Iron
Water
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Its
importance to the body
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How to
increase water consumption
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Dehydration
– how does this affect the body
Fibre
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Why fibre
is needed the body
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Deficiency
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How to
increase the fibre content of your diet
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Types of
fibre
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The
modern diet of processed food and fibre
Government
daily allowance
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Explain
what this is
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Explain
why is this on the labels of food products
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How can
this guidance be used to make sure you have a balanced diet
