GCSE AQA FOOD NUTRITION 2024/2025
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Coeliac disease - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Allergic to gluten
Nutrients - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Chemical compounds found in foods which
include proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals
Malnutrition - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Lack of food or particular nutrients in the diet
or too much of the wrong kinds of foods, causing obesity
List the micronutrients - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Vitamins and minerals
List the macronutrients - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Proteins, fats, carbohydrates
Causes of malnutrition - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Not being aware of dietary needs,
poverty, overeating, anorexia, not liking certain foods, losing interest in food
(elderly people particularly)
Consequences of under-nutrition - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Depression, severe
weight loss, deficiencies, weak bones and teeth
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,Why do we need a balanced diet? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔To maintain healthy
and obtain all of the right nutrients
Factors affecting nutritional requirements - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Age, activity
levels, gender, pregnancy or breastfeeding, illnesses
Nutritional requirements regarding age - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Birth->adulthood;
requires energy for growth (mostly from 5-teens). Once fully grown,
metabolism slows down but still need to grow, repair and be protected from
infection
Nutritional requirements in growth spurts - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Protein for
growth, calcium and vitamin D for bones/teeth formation, iron and vitamin C
for red blood cells/preventing anemia in girls
Nutritional requirements of the elderly - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Protein for repair,
less energy (less active), calcium and vitamin D to prevent brittle bones,
vitamin C to prevent infection
Which gender needs more nutrients? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Male due to a
higher metabolic rate
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,Nutritional requirements of pregnant women - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Need more
protein, vitamin B(folic acid), vitamin D, vitamin C, calcium. Don't need
more energy(less active, slower metabolic rate)
Nutritional requirements of breastfeeding women - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Increase energy intake
Nutritional requirements when ill/recovering - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔If blood has
been lost, requires more iron. Broken bones, requires more calcium and
protein. If ill and have no appetite, have small portions rich in protein and
vitamins and minerals (less fat+carbs)
How to find out if your diet is healthy - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Food diary,
computer analysis (food in focus): include all food and drinks including
quantity
Dietary diary - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A record of all the food and drink intake of a
person over a given period of days
Why is dietary analysis useful? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Highlights deficiencies or
excess of food eaten. Helpful for research into dietary needs and food
related diseases
Proteins - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Building blocks of all body cells
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, Amino acids - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Chemicals which make up protein molecules
Indispensable amino acids - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Essential amino acids that we
cannot live without
Novel proteins - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Grown from micro-organisms which
produce mycoproteins
Functions of protein - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Growth, maintenance, repair,
secondary source of energy
Animal proteins - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Red meat, chicken, fish, eggs, cheese,
milk
Vegetable proteins - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Cereals, nuts, pulses, beans, soya,
quorn, tofu
What is a HBV protein? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔High Biological Value, contain all
indispensable amino acids (Animal Proteins
Vegetable proteins are.. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔LBV(low biological value), don't
contain all indispensable amino acids
How many grams of protein do adult females need every day? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔45g
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Coeliac disease - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Allergic to gluten
Nutrients - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Chemical compounds found in foods which
include proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals
Malnutrition - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Lack of food or particular nutrients in the diet
or too much of the wrong kinds of foods, causing obesity
List the micronutrients - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Vitamins and minerals
List the macronutrients - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Proteins, fats, carbohydrates
Causes of malnutrition - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Not being aware of dietary needs,
poverty, overeating, anorexia, not liking certain foods, losing interest in food
(elderly people particularly)
Consequences of under-nutrition - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Depression, severe
weight loss, deficiencies, weak bones and teeth
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,Why do we need a balanced diet? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔To maintain healthy
and obtain all of the right nutrients
Factors affecting nutritional requirements - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Age, activity
levels, gender, pregnancy or breastfeeding, illnesses
Nutritional requirements regarding age - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Birth->adulthood;
requires energy for growth (mostly from 5-teens). Once fully grown,
metabolism slows down but still need to grow, repair and be protected from
infection
Nutritional requirements in growth spurts - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Protein for
growth, calcium and vitamin D for bones/teeth formation, iron and vitamin C
for red blood cells/preventing anemia in girls
Nutritional requirements of the elderly - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Protein for repair,
less energy (less active), calcium and vitamin D to prevent brittle bones,
vitamin C to prevent infection
Which gender needs more nutrients? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Male due to a
higher metabolic rate
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,Nutritional requirements of pregnant women - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Need more
protein, vitamin B(folic acid), vitamin D, vitamin C, calcium. Don't need
more energy(less active, slower metabolic rate)
Nutritional requirements of breastfeeding women - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Increase energy intake
Nutritional requirements when ill/recovering - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔If blood has
been lost, requires more iron. Broken bones, requires more calcium and
protein. If ill and have no appetite, have small portions rich in protein and
vitamins and minerals (less fat+carbs)
How to find out if your diet is healthy - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Food diary,
computer analysis (food in focus): include all food and drinks including
quantity
Dietary diary - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A record of all the food and drink intake of a
person over a given period of days
Why is dietary analysis useful? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Highlights deficiencies or
excess of food eaten. Helpful for research into dietary needs and food
related diseases
Proteins - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Building blocks of all body cells
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, Amino acids - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Chemicals which make up protein molecules
Indispensable amino acids - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Essential amino acids that we
cannot live without
Novel proteins - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Grown from micro-organisms which
produce mycoproteins
Functions of protein - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Growth, maintenance, repair,
secondary source of energy
Animal proteins - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Red meat, chicken, fish, eggs, cheese,
milk
Vegetable proteins - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Cereals, nuts, pulses, beans, soya,
quorn, tofu
What is a HBV protein? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔High Biological Value, contain all
indispensable amino acids (Animal Proteins
Vegetable proteins are.. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔LBV(low biological value), don't
contain all indispensable amino acids
How many grams of protein do adult females need every day? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔45g
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