Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Nutrition
- malnutrition
- Imbalanced diet
- Includes Obesity (overweight)
- Includes being too thin
- Balanced Diet
- All nutrients in the right amounts
- Carbohydrates
- For energy
- Starch (33%), e.g.
Wheat products
(bread, pasta,
potatoes, rice)
- Sugar (8%), e.g.
chocolate, sweets,
desserts, sugary
drinks
- Proteins
- growth
- meat, fish, eggs, beans (12%)
- Milk & dairy (15%) includes yoghurt
& cheese
- Vitamins
- Chemical reactions in the
body
- Fruit & Veg (33%)
- Minerals
- Fruit & Veg
- Healthy bones, teeth, blood & other
- Water
- chemical reactions in cells
- Veg, fruit & water drinks
- Fats
- For storing energy & keeping us warm
- Meat & dairy products (8%)
- Fibre
- helps flow of food through digestive system
- dark parts of rice and wheat
- Deficiency Diseases
- Imbalanced Diet
- Anaemia (lack of Fe) = tired/pale skin
- Rickets (lack of Vit D) =
poor bone development
- Scurvy (lack of Vit C)
= bleeding gums
- Goitre (lack of Iodine) =
underactive thyroid
- Beriberi (lack of Vit B1) =
weakness & pain in limbs
- Kwashiorkor (lack of protein)
= enlarged liver
- Osteoporosis (lack of calcium & Vit D) = weak bones