Basic+Nutrition

**What is Nutrition?**
Nutrition is a [|science] that examines the relationship between [|diet] and [|health]. Dietitians are [|health professionals] who [|specialize] in this area of study, and are trained to provide safe, evidence-based dietary advice and interventions. Deficiencies, excesses and imbalances in diet can produce negative impacts on health, which may lead to diseases such as [|cardiovascular disease], [|diabetes], [|scurvy], [|obesity] or [|osteoporosis], as well as psychological and behavioral problems. Moreover, excessive [|ingestion] of elements that have no apparent role in health, (e.g. [|lead], [|mercury], [|PCBs], [|dioxins]), may incur [|toxic] and potentially lethal effects, depending on the dose. Many common diseases and their symptoms can often be prevented or alleviated with better nutrition. The science of nutrition attempts to understand how and why specific dietary aspects influence health. (Source: Wikipedia)

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What are the Food Groups we require? Carbohyrates - http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objID=AP13104 Proteins - http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objID=AP13304 Lipids - http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objID=AP13204 Food Pyramid Interactive - http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objID=DTY1303

Digestion and Absorption - What and Where and How??? Carbohydrate Interactive - http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objID=AP15806 Carbohydrate Digestion and Absorption - http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objID=DTY1803 Protein Digestion and Absorption - http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objID=DTY1903 Lipid Digestion and Absorption - http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objID=DTY2003

Online Activity Analyse Your Diet http://www.formulaforlife.com.au/

Experiment - Testing Organic Compounds

All in a Day's Eating - 20 minutes (no worksheet) Adolescence Food & Health - 25 minutes Worksheet - Answers -
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Nutrients - The Basics - 35 minutes Worksheet - -

Nutrients - Their Interactions - 22 minutes Worksheet - Answers -