health sac 2

• iron

  essential part of blood

  forms the "haem" part of haemoglobin
• food sources of iron

  lean red meat

  turkey and chicken

  leafy green vegetables - broccoli, kale
• sodium 


  important mineral of the body, plays a role in the regulation of the fluids in the body
• high levels of sodium

  heart failure

  stroke and heart attack
• food sources of sodium

  table salt

  fish

  olives
• calcium

  key nutrients required for the building of bone and other hard tissues (such as teeth and cartilage)
• food sources of calcium

  milk, cheese

  salmon, sardines
• food sources with water

  watermelon

  apple

  carrot
• short term causes of not consuming enough vegetables

  dehydration

  fatigue
• long term causes of not consuming enough vegetables

  tooth decay

  underweight

  obesity
• social factors

  aspects of society and the social environment that impacts health and wellbeing which include friends, family and social media
• social factor - enablers; friends

  positive; enablers to healthy eating - friends likely consume foods which are likely to be similar to eachother. if one friend is consuming healthy foods, most friends are likely to follow
• social factor - barriers ; friends

  negative; barrier to healthy eating - peers may influence and encourage others to 'thin' eating, affecting what they eat
• social factor - enablers ; family

  positive ; when parents and caretakers are eating healthy foods, kids are likely to follow
• social factor - barriers ; family

  negative ; when family and caretakers are modelling poor eating practices, kids are more easy to copy their behaviours
• social factor - enablers ; social media

  positive ; finding credible users for food options through the use of specific hashtags
• social factor - barriers ; social media 


  negative ; when social influencers or bloggers post pictures of supposedly healthy products, people will follow along with the misinformation
• how is quality of education affect what people may consume?

  Access to quality education associated with healthy food behaviours whereas lower levels of education can be seen as a barrier for people as they may be unaware of the importance of healthy diets
• political factors

  food labelling, health promotion, food laws
• location-based mobile marketing

  through the collection of a mobile phone number, these companies have the ability to offer enticing marketing offers, aiming to take advantage of people when they are in close proximity to particular food outlets
• celebrity endorsements

  more likely to consume foods which are being advertised by celebrities like Taylor Swift with Diet coke
• strategies to evaluate the validity of online nutrition information

  REAL strategy

  R - read URL

  E - examine the site's contents

  A - ask about author's name

  L - look at links
• Australian Guide to Healthy Eating

  provides a visual representation showing the five food groups recommended for consumption each day

  
• Healthy Eating Pyramid

  represents foods from the five basic food groups and promotes good health and wellbeing by encouraging food variety
• politcial factors - food labelling

  requirements are having a use by date, country of origin and manufacturing detail
• political factors - food laws

  responsible for enforcing the food standards code, which sets out rules and regulations for the food industry. fruits and vegetables are exempt from GST to allow consumers to purchase more
• health promotion

  activities which can enable improvements in youth diets including the limiting of sugary drinks and energy drinks
• water functions

  as key components for cells, tissues and blood in the body
• folate (b9 viatmin)


  optimal for health and wellbeing
• vitamin b12

  main function is the formation of red blood cells
• B groups vitamins ; B1, B2, B3


  essential in process of metabolising or converting fuels into energy

  food source; vegemite
• vitamin D

  absorb calcium from the intestine into the bloodstream

  food source: beef liver
• difference between healthy eating guide and healthy eating pyramid

  • there is an aboriginal version of the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating whereas there is not an aboriginal version of the Healthy Eating Pyramid
  • healthy eating pyramid includes the limiting numbers of foods whereas Australian healthy guide includes foods which should be eaten everyday
• similarities between healthy eating guide and healthy eating pyramid

  • both have food variety
  • both include visual representations
  • both includes multiple types of foods