Healthy Lifestyle

Question 1

What does the food pyramid tell us?

Answer 1

The optimal number of servings to be eaten each day from each of the basic food groups

Question 2

Which organization recommends amounts of physical activity for children?

Answer 2

World Health Organization

Question 3

What type of physical activity should we do every day for how long?

Answer 3

An average of 60 mins per day of moderate-to-vigorous intensity

Question 4

What type of physical activity should we do every week for how many days?

Answer 4

At least 3 days a week of vigorous-intensity activities

Question 5

Which department provides information on the statistics of obese children?

Answer 5

Department of Health

Question 6

Hove many children and adolescents are overweight?

Answer 6

one in five

Question 7

Effects of obesity on teens

Answer 7

• increased risk factors for some diseases
• tendency for obese children to remain obese
• may suffer from poor self-image and depression

Question 8

Examples of diseases obese teens will have

Answer 8

Coronary heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, fatty liver disease, high blood pressure

Question 9

Factors contributing to obesity

Answer 9

• unhealthy diet
• prevalent use of electronic devices/ sedentary lifestyle
• heavy workload/ busy lifestyles (of students)
• poor parenting practice/ poor modelling of parents

Question 10

Elab on unhealthy diet

Answer 10

Teens like fast food because
- convenient bc quickly prepared
- easy access
- find it tasty
Eat a lot of junk food which contains high amount of calories, fat, sugar, salt

Question 11

Elab on prevalent use of electronic devices/ sedentary lifestyle

Answer 11

Use of electronics involves low level of physical activity

Question 12

Elab on heavy workload/ busy lifestyles (of students)

Answer 12

(keen competition -> study hard and attend a lot of ECAs to outperform ->) not much time left for doing exercise

Question 13

Elab on poor parenting practice/ poor modelling of parents

Answer 13

• parents have unhealthy diet and lifestyle -> children follow suit
• working parents may be too busy to give their children proper parental guidance on how to maintain a healthy lifestyle

Question 14

causes of obesity

Answer 14

• excessive consumption -> accumulation of body fat
• insufficient exercise -> body fat cannot be burnt away -> accumulation of body fat

Question 15

What does the government do to facilitate teenagers to make healthy food choices?

Answer 15

• the nutrition label
• the healthy food labelling scheme

Question 16

What is the nutrition label called, and what scheme is it?

Answer 16

1 +7 nutrition label
Nutrition Labelling Scheme

Question 17

What deos teh Nutrition Labelling Scheme aim to do?

Answer 17

• assist consumers to make informed food choices
• encourage food manufacturers to apply sound nutrition principles in the formulation of food
• regulate misleading or deceptive labels and claims

Question 18

1+7 nutrition

Answer 18

energy, protein, carbohydrates, sodium, sugars, total fat, saturated fatty acids, trans fatty acids

Question 19

3 steps to how to use the nutrition label

Answer 19

1. read nutrition label
2. know how much I eat
3. make better choices

Question 20

What does the healthy food labelling scheme do?

Answer 20

The labels will indicate whether pre-packaged food is considered “low salt”, “no salt”, “low sugar” and “no sugar”

Question 21

Who does the healthy food labelling scheme help and what does it help them to achieve?

Answer 21

It helps health-conscious people to make healthier food choices

Question 22

What are junk food?

Answer 22

Food with little to no nutritional value but have plenty of calories, salt, fats and sugar. Has substantial amount of artificial flavour and chemicals and addicting components

Question 23

Problems of junk food to the society as a whole

Answer 23

Food additives, food colourings leads to…
- affects health, behavioural problem (e.g. shorten concentration span, hyperactivity) -> affects performance at school -> affects educational level of population -> affects quality of future workforce
- lifestyle diseases -> increasing govt expenses on medical care sector, financial burden for future generations
- unhealthy -> sick leaves -> loss of productivity -> reduce economic growth of country

Question 24

Responsibilities of junk food provider in leading to obesity

Answer 24

• selling low cost food with low nutrition value and making them attractive and addicting based on consumers demand to make profits
• usually don’t provide necessary and unbiased info about their food to the public
• usually don’t have sufficient affordable choices of meals available

Question 24

Responsibilities of students in leading to obesity

Answer 24

should be mature enough to be responsible for own food choices

Question 25

Responsibilities of parents in leading to obesity

Answer 25

should be role models and educate their children

Question 26

Responsibilities of school and govt in leading to obesity

Answer 26

should provide more guidance and create and environment favourable for a healthy lifestyle

Question 27

External control

Answer 27

legislation and law enforcement which ahs a deterrent effect (fear of legal consequences)

Question 28

Intrinsic control

Answer 28

education and publicity

Question 29

Pros of external control

Answer 29

can force people to follow

Question 30

Cons of external control

Answer 30

- limits freedom of choice - doesn't tackle root problem: mindset

Question 31

Pros of intrinsic control

Answer 31

- raises awareness - lead people to make informed choices

Question 32

Cons of intrinsic control

Answer 32

- voluntary nature