Health conditions
I can describe how diets can be changed for health.
Health conditions
I can describe how diets can be changed for health.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Switch to our new teaching resources now - designed by teachers and leading subject experts, and tested in classrooms.
These resources were created for remote use during the pandemic and are not designed for classroom teaching.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Health implications are caused by poor diet (dietary excess or deficiency), e.g. obesity, bone health, heart disease.
- Nutrition, ingredient and allergy information on food labels help us to make informed food and drink choices.
- Meals and diets can be planned and evaluated for the needs of different groups of people.
Keywords
Malnutrition - intakes of energy and/or nutrients below or in excess of needs for long periods of time
Undernutrition - having an intake of energy and/or nutrients below what is needed
Overnutrition - having an intake of energy above what is needed
Coronary heart disease - a health condition caused by the narrowing of the blood vessels to the heart
Obesity - a health condition caused by too much energy (calories) being consumed, or high levels of inactivity
Common misconception
There is one form of malnutrition, intakes of energy and/or nutrients being below what is required.
There are two forms of malnutrition: undernutrition (intakes below what is required) and overnutrition (intakes above what is required).
To help you plan your year 9 cooking and nutrition lesson on: Health conditions, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your year 9 cooking and nutrition lesson on: Health conditions, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
We use learning cycles to break down learning into key concepts or ideas linked to the learning outcome. Each learning cycle features explanations with checks for understanding and practice tasks with feedback. All of this is found in our slide decks, ready for you to download and edit. The practice tasks are also available as printable worksheets and some lessons have additional materials with extra material you might need for teaching the lesson.
The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
Our video is a tool for planning, showing how other teachers might teach the lesson, offering helpful tips, modelled explanations and inspiration for your own delivery in the classroom. Plus, you can set it as homework or revision for pupils and keep their learning on track by sharing an online pupil version of this lesson.
Explore more key stage 3 cooking and nutrition lessons from the Health and dietary needs unit, dive into the full secondary cooking and nutrition curriculum, or learn more about lesson planning.
Equipment
Licence
Lesson video
Loading...
Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.How many portions of fish is recommended per week?
Q2.Which food group is a good source of calcium?
Q3.What are Dietary Reference Values (DRVs)?
Q4.Match the ingredients to the recipe modification reason.
to decrease salt
to avoid an allergic reaction
to increase fibre
to achieve 5 A DAY
to reduce fat
Q5.True or false? Scientific studies show that when children and adults are presented with bigger portions of food, they tend to eat less.
Q6.In adulthood, a poor diet can lead to diseases such as __________, cardiovascular diseases, cancer and __________.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.True or false? There is one form of malnutrition, intakes of energy and/or nutrients being below what is required.
Q2.__________ is caused by a narrowing of the blood vessels to the heart. This reduces the flow of blood to the heart.
Q3.Which burrito front-of-pack label has the lowest saturated fat content per serving?
Q4.Match the health condition with the health issue.
bones weak and break easily (severe loss of calcium)
low store of iron and too little iron in the diet
body cannot control blood sugar properly
too much energy or high levels of inactivity