Do you think these children get a balanced diet?

Heart Disease

Osteoporosis

Scurvy

Obesity

Kwashiorkor

Anorexia

Disease caused by fat blocking the supply of blood to the heart muscle.

Eating food containing more energy than you use up.

characterised by extremely low body weight, distorted body image and an obsessive fear of gaining weight

A disease caused by a diet very high in carbohydrates and low in protein

caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C leading to the formation of livid spots on the skin, spongy gums, loosening of the teeth and bleeding into the skin

If you do not get enough calcium, or if your body does not absorb enough calcium from the diet, bone production and bone tissues may suffer.

• Do you think skinny models look good?

• Do you think they are good role models for young girls?

• What control do the media have on people’s behaviour and thinking?

• Do you think the media promote healthy/unhealthy image of food? Why do you think this?

Answer the following questions in your leaflet:

• What diabetes is

• What causes diabetes

• How diabetes is treated

• The history of diabetes

In your workbooks answer the following:

• What did I learn today?

• What would I like to learn more about?

• What I didn’t understand from this lesson?