Topic title: Unit 10 Nutrition

Year group: 12

When taught: January to April

What are we learning?

Eating is a daily activity for most of us. How does what we eat impact our health? What is healthy eating? How do we promote healthy eating? As future practitioners, it is important to understand the impact of nutrition on well-being and health. Rising levels of obesity are leading to increases in heart conditions, diabetes and liver disease. To the NHS, the costs of treating ill-health caused by poor diet are soaring. Many health and social care practitioners are involved in the provision of meals, so it is important you understand and can explain good nutrition. This unit introduces nutritional health and the components of good nutrition. You will have the opportunity to scrutinise different foods, consider their health benefits and investigate how to support other people to impact their health and well-being. This unit draws on learning from units 2,3,4,6,12,13,14,15,16,17,19, 22 and 23 and can be applied to further understand the impact of nutrition upon the health and well-being of individuals and their experience of long-term physiological conditions.