Diet and Health

Daily intake of nutrients

• Nutrients Diet

• Diet-various chemical substances in the food

Functions of Nutrients

• Provide energy

• Promote growth and development

• Regulate body functions

Energy

• Carbohydrates

• Proteins

• Lipids (fats and oils)

Growth and Development

• Proteins

• Lipids

• Vitamins

• Minerals

• Water

If you have more than you need

• High-protein / Carbohydrates /Fat/Vitamin

•

• Harmful

• Chronic diseases

Health / Science News

Topic • Vitamin

• High-protein

• Sugar intake

• Cancer

• Food safety

Health problems• Obesity• Diabetes• Hypertension• Cancer (skin, breast,

bowl…)• Rickets 佝偻病• Osteomalacia 软骨病• Heart disease

News

Print Newsexam coverage

• Cancer A global threat

• New sugar advice what does it all mean

• How much fruit and veg should we eat

• High-protein diet 'as bad for health as smoking'

• Vitamins and minerals

Video and audio exam coverage

• Tax on drinks proposed

• No meat, but two veg

Related video / audio

• 世界的致命饮食 -TED

• Study Finds Overweight People Have Lower Risk of Death

• Food for the digital age

New sugar advice: what does it all mean?Telegraph.co.uk Thu 6 Mar 2014

High-protein diet 'as bad for health as smoking‘

Telegraph.co.uk Thu 6 Mar 2014

How much fruit and veg should we eat?

BBC News

Cancer: A global threatBBC News

screening programme

Legitimate concern

• How to keep a balanced diet?

• How much fruit and veg should we eat?

• Eat at home or restaurant?

• Vegetarian cuisine?

• Healthy lifestyle?

• Diet culture

• Go on diet

What can we do about it?

• Take straightforward steps to cut risk

• Five risks: obesity, low fruit-and-vegetable intake, lack of physical activity, tobacco use, alcohol use

• Smoking is the single most important risk factor for cancer ( over 20% -cancer deaths; about 70% - lung cancer deaths)

• --BBC News

Associate Diet with…??

• Health

• Thought pattern / mind-set

• Mood • Diet-based education 食育—

gratitude/environment conscious (Japan)

• Atkins / Caveman/Zone Diet-low carb diet

pros / cons http://www.the-atkins-diet.info/compare-atkins-diet.htm

Low-protein/fat; more fruits / veg; physical activities

Rice vs. Flour—thought pattern

“火车”“汽车”和“轨道”，• Category ?

• Individualism

• Team

What can we Chinese do about chronic diseases?

• TED: 世界的致命饮食 3:21

Asia has gone from one of the lowest to the highest rates of chronic disease

• BBC: China the highest number of

diabetics in the world 02:10

• CNN: -Michelle Obama interview 3-37mins

Disease prevention