Starter quiz
- What is a balanced diet?
- One that contains mainly fat and carbohydrates for energy.
- One that is high in vitamins and minerals by eating only fruit and vegetables.
- One that contains equal amounts of each nutrient.
- One that contains different but the correct amount of each nutrient. ✓
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- Which type of fat should we limit in our diet?
- saturated ✓
- unsaturated
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- What does BMI stand for?
- body mass index ✓
- body mass increments
- body mean index
- body mean increments
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What takes place in the mitochondria?- 'respiration' ✓
Which is the correct order for the passage of air into our lungs?- alveoli - bronchi - trachea - bronchioles
- trachea - bronchioles - bronchi - alveoli
- trachea - bronchi - bronchioles - alveoli ✓
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- A 32 year old woman has a height of 1.54 m and a mass of 65 kg. Calculate her BMI; BMI = body mass ÷ (height)²
- 23.2
- 27.4 ✓
- 28.9
- 40
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Exit quiz
- Which of the following are risk factors for lifestyle diseases.
- eating fruit and vegetables
- exercising
- smoking ✓
- drinking excessive amounts of alcohol ✓
- obesity ✓
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Which of the following lifestyle diseases affect the respiratory system?- asthma ✓
- COPD ✓
- stroke
- coronary heart disease
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- When a blood vessel in the brain gets blocked it can lead to a ...
- 'stroke' ✓
- Match the type of exercise to the lifestyle disease it can help with.
- high intensity training⇔reduces the risk of cardiovascular diseases ✓
- weight training⇔reduces the risk of bone diseases such as osteoporosis ✓
- True or false? Increasing the amount of alcohol you drink will lower your risk of heart disease.
- True
- False ✓
- Some students are talking about how to avoid obesity. Who do you agree with?
Sam: I only eat food very low in fat and so I will not become obese.
Izzy: I eat a balanced diet and exercise so I am not at risk of becoming obese. ✓
Jun: No one in my family is obese so I won't become obese.
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Key learning points
- Some lifestyle factors affect the risk of developing non-infectious diseases of the gas exchange and circulatory system.
- Eating an unbalanced diet and not getting enough exercise can increase the risk of developing lifestyle diseases.
- Smoking, drinking alcohol and using drugs can increase the risk of developing lifestyle diseases.
- To prevent lifestyle diseases people can exercise, eat a balanced diet, not smoke and avoid drinking alcohol.
Common misconception
All fat in the diet should be excluded.
Fat is vital for a healthy balanced diet. Unsaturated fats from plants help to build cell membranes.
Keywords
Risk - Something that increases the chance of something harmful happening.
Non-infectious disease - A disease that cannot be passed from one organism to another.
Lifestyle factor - This is something a person can do that will affect their health.
Lifestyle disease - A type of non-infectious disease. The risk of it developing is affected by lifestyle factors such as diet and exercise.
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