1.2 - Weight problems

Question 1

What needs to be balanced in a diet to keep good health?

Answer 1

The energy taken in and used by the body

Question 2

What happens when the energy taken into the body is equal to the energy used?

Answer 2

The body’s mass will stay the same

Question 3

What can eating too much food lead to?

Answer 3

Becoming overweight and obese

Question 4

What can long-term obesity lead to? How can you reduce these problems?

Answer 4

• Can lead to severe health problems, e.g type 2 diabetes (high blood sugar)
• To reduce these problems, eat less carbohydrate and increase the amount of exercise done

Question 5

What two problems can eating too little cause?

Answer 5

• Finding it difficult to walk about

- Suffering from deficiency diseases due to lack of vitamins and minerals