The resource explains the importance of macro- and micronutrients in a human diet and how the food requirements change throughout the life stages. The lesson includes the following content: types of carbohydrates in food (simple, complex) the role of carbohydrates in diet types of food fats (saturated, unsaturated, trans-fats) the role of fats in diet the role of proteins in diet types of fibre (soluble, insoluble) the role of fibre in diet the role of water vitamins (water-soluble and fat-soluble) and and their roles in the correct functioning of the human body minerals (macro- and trace minerals) and their roles in the correct functioning of the human body NHS Eat Well Guide / Eat Well Plate Diet through different life stages: * Pregnancy * Breast - feeding * Infant (0-1 year) * Toddler (from 1-3 years) * Child (4-7) * Preadolescence (8 - 12) * Adolescence (13 – 18) * Adult * Elderly

This lesson focuses on the the types of exercise (aerobic and anaerobic) and the impact of the exercise on health (including the diseases associated with obesity). Statistics from WHO, as well as from the UK chief medical officer’s report regarding physical activity / physical inactivity are included. The content is as follows: physical activity / physical inactivity definitions WHO key facts UK key facts showing statistics for England, Scotland and Wales How much exercise do we need? Why is exercise important? Immediate effects of exercise Long term effects of exercise Basic explanation of cellular respiration Aerobic exercise Anaerobic exercise Type 1 vs Type 2 muscle fibres Obesity Body Mass Index - BMI Diseases associated with obesity - diabetes, hypertension, coronary heart disease Obesity and cancer