Topic one

What does balanced diet contain?

What is malnourishment?

What factors increase average energy intake?

What factors decrease average energy intake?

What is metabolic rate?

Topic two

Underweight
Being underweight can lead to a variety of problems, like deficiency diseases which are due to a lack of vitamins and minerals.
What causes someone to become underweight?

Obesity
This happens when you take in more energy than you need, it is then stored as fat.
What are the negative side effects of obesity?

How does one lose weight?

Topic three

What do people inherit?

Cholesterol is used for, making cell membranes and making hormones
How many types of cholestrol are there?

What effect does exercise on health?

Topic Four

What is a pathogen?

Who was Semmelweis, and what was his contribution towards stopping the spread of pathogens?

What is a bacteria?

What is a virus?

Topic five

Droplet infection

Direct contact

Contaminated

Break in the skin

What are your bodies main defences?

White blood cell patrol units, what can they do?

Topic Six

What do painkillers actually do? (e.g. paracetamol)

What do antibiotics do? (e.g. penicillin)

Topic seven

Why do it?

What is mutation?

Steps in inoculation,
(Growing bacteria)

Why is overusing antibiotics dangerous?

Topic eight

How do you make someone immune to a pathogen?