Diet, Lifestyle and Health

Based on the GCE specification, this area supports the following learning outcomes:

1. Explore the trends in food consumption that have led to increased prevalence of diet-related disorders, for example: demographics; social change; employment; and leisure patterns.
2. Discuss the barriers that prevent consumers from making healthy food choices, for example: resources; availability; food labelling; and food advertising.

The resources comprise:

1. Barrier Word Cards: A set of discussion cards, useful to introduce the topic area.
2. Data Task - Overweight and Obesity: Data analysis task, focusing on trends in overweight and obesity in NI.
3. Family Food Survey: Data analysis task, using the Family Food Survey. 
4. Information Sources: Useful sources of further information.