Unit 6: The Impact of Nutrition on Health and Wellbeing ...
|Assignment title |You Are What You Eat |
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|Duration (approx) |8 hours |
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|Qualification suite |BTEC Level 1/Level 2 First Award in Health and Social Care |
|covered |BTEC Level 1/Level 2 First Certificate in Health and Social Care |
| |BTEC Level 1/Level 2 First Extended Certificate in Health and Social Care |
| |BTEC Level 1/Level 2 First Diploma in Health and Social Care |
|Units covered |Unit 6: The Impact of Nutrition on Health and Wellbeing |
|Learning aims covered |Learning aim A: Explore the effects of balanced and unbalanced diets on the health and wellbeing of individuals |
| |Learning aim B: Understand the specific nutritional needs and preferences of individuals |
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|Scenario |You are working as a health care assistant in a GP practice alongside the practice nurse. She has asked you to produce |
| |some training materials on diet and its effects on two of the following individuals: |
| |Rachael, age 17, has a dairy allergy and is a member of the school cross-country team |
| |Yasmin, age 35, is a vegetarian and has Type 1 diabetes, which she developed when she was 7 years old |
| |David, age 45, has a wheat allergy and requires a kosher diet; he leads an active life and is a member of a cycling club|
| |Saul, age six, has coeliac disease and is part of a vegan family, none of whom are in employment |
| |Ravi, age 64, has irritable bowel syndrome; he has recently retired from his job as a bank manager |
| |Fred, age 20, has Crohn’s disease and is a practicing Buddhist. He has a busy and stressful job as an air traffic |
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|Task 1 |Getting the Balance Right |
| |The practice nurse has asked you to produce a presentation for new health care assistants. Your presentation must assess |
| |what long-term effects balanced and unbalanced diets would have on your two chosen individuals. |
| |Your presentation must include: |
| |a comparison of the effects of balanced and unbalanced diets on the health and wellbeing of your two chosen individuals, |
| |including an assessment of the long-term effects of balanced and unbalanced diets |
| |appropriate examples of the causes of the effects |
| |a description of the components of a balanced diet and their sources, functions and effects |
| |the conclusions from your assessment, based on evidence. |
|Evidence you must |Presentation with speaker notes and handouts. |
|produce for this task|Observation Record/video recording. |
|Criteria covered by this task: |
|To achieve the criteria you must show that you are able to: |Unit |Criterion reference |
|Describe the components of a balanced diet and their functions, sources and effects. |6 |2A.P1 |
|Describe the effects of an unbalanced diet on the health and wellbeing of individuals, giving examples of |6 |2A.P2 |
|their causes. | | |
|Compare the effects of balanced and unbalanced diets on the health and wellbeing of two individuals. |6 |2A.M1 |
|Assess the long-term effects of a balanced and unbalanced diet on the health and wellbeing of individuals.|6 |2A.D1 |
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|Task 2 |Needs and Choices |
| |The practice nurse has received good feedback from the staff that attended your presentation. To follow up, he would like |
| |you to produce an information pack on two chosen individuals, who must be at different life stages. Your pack should provide|
| |a discussion of how factors influence their dietary choices. |
| |Your pack should provide well-balanced and detailed information and include: |
| |an explanation of the factors that influence the dietary choices of your two chosen individuals |
| |a description of the specific dietary needs of your two chosen individuals |
| |a nutritional plan for each of your two chosen individuals, with a comparison of the two plans. |
|Evidence you must |Information pack. |
|produce for this task| |
|Criteria covered by this task: |
|To achieve the criteria you must show that you are able to: |Unit |Criterion reference |
|Describe the specific dietary needs of two individuals at different life stages. | | |
| |6 |2B.P3 |
|Create a nutritional plan for two individuals with different specific nutritional needs. |6 |2B.P4 |
|Explain the factors influencing the dietary choices of two individuals with specific dietary needs at |6 |2B.M2 |
|different life stages. | | |
|Compare nutritional plans for two individuals with different nutritional needs. |6 |2B.M3 |
|Discuss how factors influence the dietary choices of two individuals with specific dietary needs at |6 |2B.D2 |
|different life stages. | | |
|Sources of |Textbooks |
|information |MAFF (1995), Manual of Nutrition 10th Edition, London: Stationery Office Books, 978 0 11242 991 3 |
| |Asbridge, L. et al. (2008) BTEC First Health and Social Care, Revised Edition: Student Book, Oxford: Heinemann, 978 0 43550|
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| |Websites |
| |nhs.uk/change4life |
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| |Note to assessors |
| |We are committed to ensuring that teachers/tutors and learners have a choice of resources to support their teaching and |
| |study. |
| |We would encourage them to use relevant resources for your local area such as local employers, newspapers and council |
| |websites. |
| |Resources from various publishers are available to support delivery and training for all Pearson and BTEC qualifications so |
| |that learners and teachers/tutors can select those that best suit their needs. |
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|If you have not achieved the Level 2 criteria, your work will be assessed to determine if the following Level 1 criteria have been met. |
|To achieve the criteria you must show that you are able to: |Unit |Criterion reference |
|Identify components of a balanced diet, giving examples of each. |6 |1A.1 |
|Identify three effects of an unbalanced diet on the health and wellbeing of individuals. |6 |1A.2 |
|Identify the specific dietary needs of an individual. |6 |1B.3 |
|Create, with guidance, a nutritional plan for a selected individual. |6 |1B.4 |
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