Year 8 Term 1

Question 1

State 4 factors affecting food choice

Answer 1

Lifestyle, likes/dislikes, environmental, marketing/ money, occupation, organic, nutrition, age/adverts, day/time, ethics.

Question 2

What does being a vegetarian mean ?

Answer 2

Eating more grains, pulses, nuts, seeds, vegetables, fibre, fruits. Less saturated fat. No meat, no seafood. Can eat eggs, dairy.

Question 3

What does being a vegan mean ?

Answer 3

No meat, no seafood, no eggs, no dairy.

Question 4

What does being a pescatarian mean ?

Answer 4

No meat. Can eat fish, eggs, dairy.

Question 5

Aside from religion give three reasons people may be a vegetarian ?

Answer 5

Animal cruelty, parents/ friends are vegetarian, think it’s healthier.

Question 6

Christian dietary rules ?

Answer 6

No banned foods but at Easter hot cross buns/ Easter eggs and on Friday fish.

Question 7

Islam/Muslim dietary rules ?

Answer 7

Animals halal slaughtered. Can’t eat pigs (dirty). No alcohol.

Question 8

Judaism dietary rules ?

Answer 8

Kosher kosher foods. 1. Animal - clean hooves and chew cud, perfect health prepared in special way. 2. Fish with scales and fins. 3.meat and dairy separate. Major fast is YomKippur

Question 9

Hindu dietary rules ?

Answer 9

Cow is sacred. Avoid meat and eggs. Vegetarian. Daily produce without rennet.

Question 10

Teenage requirements more what ?

Answer 10

Fruit, veg,pulses,whole grains = fibre, iron (to prevent anaemia, Milk,dairy,calcium, Oily fish omega 3

Question 11

Teenage requirements less what ?

Answer 11

Processed meat = cancer risk, added sugar=teeth, obesity,salt = high blood pressure, saturated fat = obesity.

Question 12

What is an balanced diet ?

Answer 12

Eating a variety of food which provide the necessary nutrients in the correct amount for an individuals needs.

Question 13

What is an unbalanced diet ?

Answer 13

Eating too much fatty, salty and high sugar foods. Or not eating enough whole green, fish, fruit or vegeatables

Question 14

What is obesity ?

Answer 14

An individual with a bmi of more than 30.

Question 15

What does BMI stand for ?

Answer 15

Body mass index

Question 16

What is the calculation for BMI ?

Answer 16

Weight in kg divided by height in m2 (meters squared).

Question 17

What does an obese person have a greater risk of ?

Answer 17

Stroke, type 2 diabetes, depression, anxiety, cancer, heart disease, asthma, sleep apnoea, liver disease.

Question 18

State three factors that can cause someone to become overweight.

Answer 18

Comfort eating, eating too much and doing too little excercise, lack of understanding of food.

Question 19

What is the amount of sugar in the blood is controlled by … ?

Answer 19

Insulin

Question 20

What is insulin produces by ?

Answer 20

Pancreas

Question 21

What does insulin move out of your blood and into your cells ?

Answer 21

Glucose

Question 22

What does glucose do ?

Answer 22

It produces energy.

Question 23

When do type 1 diabetes get diagnosed ?

Answer 23

Young adulthood or as a child.

Question 24

How does a type 1 diabetic control their disease ?

Answer 24

They eat a healthy balanced diet, monitoring their blood sugar and injecting insulin.

Question 25

If a diabetic has too much sugar what could they suffer ?

Answer 25

A hyperglycaemic episode

Question 26

If a diabetic has too little sugar what could they suffer ?

Answer 26

A hypoglycaemic episode.

Question 27

Where is type 2 diabetes found ?

Answer 27

Overweight people

Question 28

How is type 2 diabetes controlled ?

Answer 28

Eating healthy balanced and losing weight.

Question 29

What is a food allergy?

Answer 29

It’s the body having an allergic reaction to an ingredient or food.

Question 30

What does the body produce when it’s having an allergic reaction ?

Answer 30

Histamine

Question 31

Symptoms of an allergic reaction.

Answer 31

Rashes, itchy, runny nose, swelling, wheezing.

Question 32

What could a severe allergy result in ?

Answer 32

Anaphylactic shock and in extreme cases death.

Question 33

Name the common food allergies

Answer 33

Peanuts, sea fish, eggs, milk, nuts, strawberry, kiwi fruit.

Question 34

What’s harder to diagnose ( allergy/intolerance ) and why ?

Answer 34

Intolerances because you need to stop eating the food that seems to be the problem.

Question 35

Symptoms of an intolerances ?

Answer 35

Abdominal pains, aches and pains, bloating, fatigue, diarrhoea, nausea.

Question 36

What are the most important intolerances?

Answer 36

Gluten, lactose(milk sugar) and wheat.

Question 37

What is coeliac disease ?

Answer 37

It’s an autoimmune response to gluten.

Question 38

Where is gluten found ?

Answer 38

Wheat, rye and barley.

Question 39

What is damaged by coeliac disease ?

Answer 39

Villi in the small intestine it reduces surface area so less nutrients are absorbed.

Question 40

What could coeliac disease cause ?

Answer 40

Malnutrition, tiredness, weight lost, stomach pains.

Question 41

Is coeliac disease better/worse than gluten intolerance?

Answer 41

Worse

Question 42

What dietary impacts does being a coeliac have ?

Answer 42

Can’t eat normal cakes, biscuits, pastry, bread (anything that contains gluten)

Question 43

What flour could you use instead of gluten flour ?

Answer 43

Rice flour, corn flour or buckwheat flour

Question 44

What must coeliacs do when eating out and buying food ?

Answer 44

Must read ingredients list and ask what’s in the dish when eating out.

Question 45

What is the difference between an allergy and intolerance?

Answer 45

Intolerance are less severe harder to diagnose when you stop eating the food the symptoms will go away. Histamine released can cause long term. Anaphylactic shock and death.