The right amount of carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals, fibre and water.
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What are fats, carbohydrates and proteins used for?
To release energy and make new cells.
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What do vitamins do and what happens without them?
Small amounts of vitamins make the body work healthily and without them deficiency diseases occur.
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What is undernourishment?
When a diet isn't balanced.
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In the UK what is the main source of malnourishment?
Consuming too much energy.
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What can varying levels of energy cause?
Too much energy causes weight gain and too little makes you underweight.
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Does everyone need the same amount of energy?
No, different people and their bodies, need different amounts of energy.
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Does eating a lot, constitute as all the food groups?
No, you can eat a lot, but still miss out vitamins and minerals.
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Which gender needs to consume more food?
Males need more food than women, unless she is pregnant.
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How does age affect energy required?
Teenagers need more energy than the elderly as their rate of growth is much faster.
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What makes muscles work?
The energy from food supplies the muscles so they can work?
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What is the amount of energy needed based upon?
The amount of energy needed to live and should equal the energy consumed.
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What does the amount of exercise effect?
How fit someone is.
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What does fitness do and how does it effect the energy transferred to tissues?
It causes muscle growth (up to 40% of body mass) which such tissue transfers more energy than fat.
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What is exercise?
Anything that uses muscles.
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How does location affect energy needed?
People in warmer climates need to eat less as less energy is needed to insulate the body.
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What is the metabolic rate?
The rate of reaction in cells.
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What affects metabolic rate?
Gender (Men usually have a high rate) and proportion of fat to muscles.
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What can affect the metabolic rate?
It can be increased by doing more exercise and you build more muscle. Chemical reactions will occur at a faster rates in the muscle and for a time after exercise..
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What predetermined factors can affect metabolism?
Genetics and inherited factors that can affect our health.
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
What are fats, carbohydrates and proteins used for?
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To release energy and make new cells.
Card 3
Front
What do vitamins do and what happens without them?
Back
Card 4
Front
What is undernourishment?
Back
Card 5
Front
In the UK what is the main source of malnourishment?
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