Describe why the healthy diets of adults and children may be different. Provide at least three examples of these differences.
Assessment You should use this file to complete your Assessment. How to complete and send your Assessment: Save a copy of this document, either onto your computer or a disk Work through your Assessment, remembering to save your work regularly When youve finished, print out a copy to keep for reference Then, go to www.vision2learn.com and send your completed Assessment to your tutor via your My Study area make sure it is clearly marked with your name, the course title and the Unit and Assessment number. Name:Please note that this Assessment document has 9 pages and is made up of 4 Parts. Part 1: Understand how diet is linked to health 1. Define what is meant by the term healthy diet. A healthy diet is something that covers all of your bodys needs, and ensures that your body gets all the nutrients that it requires to stay healthy in day to day life. The things that you require will vary depending on a number of different factors including age, gender and activity levels. A healthy diet will consist of carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins and minerals in the right proportion as needed by the body. It also involved drinking a good amount of water. 2. Describe why the healthy diets of adults and children may be different. Provide at least three examples of these differences. A healthy diet for adults provides everything the body needs to stay fit and healthy. Diets for children should provide everything they need to stay fit and healthy and also to grow properly. Children require fewer calories than adults. Lower fat diets are often recommended for older children and adults. Under fives need diets with relatively higher amounts of fat. Older children often have higher nutrient requirements than adults in order for them to grow properly. 14-18 boys need more B vitamins, calcium phosphorus and iron than adult men. 14-18 year old girls need more calcium, phosphorus and magnesium as they change in term so of getting their period and also grow than adult women. 3. Give an outline of at least three lifestyle diseases associated with unhealthy diets. a. Obesity If you are significantly overweight, you need to avoid further weight gain and you need to lose weight. Excess body fat is a lot to carry and hard on your heart. Your lungs have to work harder, too. b. Heart disease Caused by a build-up of fatty deposits on the walls of the arteries around the heart e.g pizza, sweets, chocolate c. Cancer cancers of the bowel, stomach, mouth, food pipe and breast. d. Dental disease In the UK tooth decay is very common over 50% of people suffer from it. The reason for it is that the acids breaking down the tooth. The acids come from fermented sugars and starches. Especially younger children are vulnerable to tooth decay because their enamel is still developing. Older people can suffer tooth decay because the enamel has been worn down. Therefore a balanced healthy eating can prevent losing a teeth. 4. Name three sources of energy in food. Then, identify the amount of energy that 1g of each source provides. Proteins – essential to growth and repair of muscle and other body tissues -1 gram = 4 calories Fats – one source of energy and important in relation to fat soluble vitamins- 1 gram= 9 calories Carbohydrates the source of energy to get energy and fuction all the organs-1 gram = 4 calories5. Based on your own diet and lifestyle… Estimate your own Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) Estimate your own Physical Activity Level (PAL) Based on these BMR and PAL values, estimate your total energy requirement. 655 + (4.35 x 14) x (4.7 x 5.7) (4.7 x 30) = 2272.41 kcal (BMR) 2272.41 kcal x 1.2 (PAL, not doing any sport at the moment) = 2726.89 (total energy requirements) 6. Identify at least two factors that can affect a persons energy requirements. 1. occupation-heavy physical work requires more energy than sedentary worker 2. body size and weight-the…; Assessment You should use this file to complete your Assessment. How to complete and send your Assessment: Save a copy of this document, either onto your computer or a disk Work through your Assessment, remembering to save your work regularly When youve finished, print out a copy to keep for reference Then, go to www.vision2learn.com and send your completed Assessment to your tutor via your My Study area make sure it is clearly marked with your name, the course title and the Unit and Assessment number. Name:Please note that this Assessment document has 9 pages and is made up of 4 Parts. Part 1: Understand how diet is linked to health 1. Define what is meant by the term healthy diet. A healthy diet is something that covers all of your bodys needs, and ensures that your body gets all the nutrients that it requires to stay healthy in day to day life. The things that you require will vary depending on a number of different factors including age, gender and activity levels. A healthy diet will consist of carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins and minerals in the right proportion as needed by the body. It also involved drinking a good amount of water. 2. Describe why the healthy diets of adults and children may be different. Provide at least three examples of these differences. A healthy diet for adults provides everything the body needs to stay fit and healthy. Diets for children should provide everything they need to stay fit and healthy and also to grow properly. Children require fewer calories than adults. Lower fat diets are often recommended for older children and adults. Under fives need diets with relatively higher amounts of fat. Older children often have higher nutrient requirements than adults in order for them to grow properly. 14-18 boys need more B vitamins, calcium phosphorus and iron than adult men. 14-18 year old girls need more calcium, phosphorus and magnesium as they change in term so of getting their period and also grow than adult women. 3. Give an outline of at least three lifestyle diseases associated with unhealthy diets. a. Obesity If you are significantly overweight, you need to avoid further weight gain and you need to lose weight. Excess body fat is a lot to carry and hard on your heart. Your lungs have to work harder, too. b. Heart disease Caused by a build-up of fatty deposits on the walls of the arteries around the heart e.g pizza, sweets, chocolate c. Cancer cancers of the bowel, stomach, mouth, food pipe and breast. d. Dental disease In the UK tooth decay is very common over 50% of people suffer from it. The reason for it is that the acids breaking down the tooth. The acids come from fermented sugars and starches. Especially younger children are vulnerable to tooth decay because their enamel is still developing. Older people can suffer tooth decay because the enamel has been worn down. Therefore a balanced healthy eating can prevent losing a teeth. 4. Name three sources of energy in food. Then, identify the amount of energy that 1g of each source provides. Proteins – essential to growth and repair of muscle and other body tissues -1 gram = 4 calories Fats – one source of energy and important in relation to fat soluble vitamins- 1 gram= 9 calories Carbohydrates the source of energy to get energy and fuction all the organs-1 gram = 4 calories5. Based on your own diet and lifestyle… Estimate your own Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) Estimate your own Physical Activity Level (PAL) Based on these BMR and PAL values, estimate your total energy requirement. 655 + (4.35 x 14) x (4.7 x 5.7) (4.7 x 30) = 2272.41 kcal (BMR) 2272.41 kcal x 1.2 (PAL, not doing any sport at the moment) = 2726.89 (total energy requirements) 6. Identify at least two factors that can affect a persons energy requirements. 1. occupation-heavy physical work requires more energy than sedentary worker 2. body size and weight-the…
