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GCSE
COMBINED SCIENCE: TRILOGY
Higher Tier Biology Paper 1H
May 2023
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0 1 Communicable and non-communicable diseases are major causes of ill health. box
0 1 . 1 Which disease is a non-communicable disease?
[1 mark]
Tick () one box.
AIDS
Cancer
Gonorrhoea
Malaria
Obesity is a risk factor for many non-communicable diseases.
0 1 . 2 Give one non-communicable disease that obesity is a risk factor for.
Do not refer to the diseases given in Question 01.1 in your answer.
[1 mark]
0 1 . 3 National policies are used to help people who are obese to lose weight.
One national policy is to reduce the amount of sugar added to food and drinks.
Suggest one other national policy that could help people to lose weight.
[1 mark]
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0 1 .4 Body mass index (BMI) is one measure of box
obesity. BMI is calculated using the equation:
BMI = body mass in kg
(height in m)2
Table 1 shows how BMI is used to describe an adult’s BMI category.
Table 1
BMI BMI category
<18.5 Underweight
18.5 to 24.9 Healthy weight
25.0 to 29.9 Overweight
>29.9 Obese
A person is 1.64 m tall and has a mass of 69 kg.
Determine the BMI category for this person.
Use the BMI equation and Table 1.
[3 marks]
The person’s BMI category is
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Scientists investigated the effect of smoking and of BMI on the birth mass of box
babies. Women’s BMI categories were determined before the women became
pregnant.
0 1 . 5 Suggest why BMI categories were determined before the women became pregnant.
[1 mark]
Figure 1 shows the results.
Figure 1
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GCSE
COMBINED SCIENCE: TRILOGY
Higher Tier Biology Paper 1H
May 2023
, 2
Do not write
outside the
0 1 Communicable and non-communicable diseases are major causes of ill health. box
0 1 . 1 Which disease is a non-communicable disease?
[1 mark]
Tick () one box.
AIDS
Cancer
Gonorrhoea
Malaria
Obesity is a risk factor for many non-communicable diseases.
0 1 . 2 Give one non-communicable disease that obesity is a risk factor for.
Do not refer to the diseases given in Question 01.1 in your answer.
[1 mark]
0 1 . 3 National policies are used to help people who are obese to lose weight.
One national policy is to reduce the amount of sugar added to food and drinks.
Suggest one other national policy that could help people to lose weight.
[1 mark]
IB/M/Jun23/8464/B/1H
, 3
Do not write
outside the
0 1 .4 Body mass index (BMI) is one measure of box
obesity. BMI is calculated using the equation:
BMI = body mass in kg
(height in m)2
Table 1 shows how BMI is used to describe an adult’s BMI category.
Table 1
BMI BMI category
<18.5 Underweight
18.5 to 24.9 Healthy weight
25.0 to 29.9 Overweight
>29.9 Obese
A person is 1.64 m tall and has a mass of 69 kg.
Determine the BMI category for this person.
Use the BMI equation and Table 1.
[3 marks]
The person’s BMI category is
Question 1 continues on the next page
Turn over ►
IB/M/Jun23/8464/B/1H
, 4
Do not write
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Scientists investigated the effect of smoking and of BMI on the birth mass of box
babies. Women’s BMI categories were determined before the women became
pregnant.
0 1 . 5 Suggest why BMI categories were determined before the women became pregnant.
[1 mark]
Figure 1 shows the results.
Figure 1
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