Heath Education: Healthy Eating / Obesity Module

This module was designed for use with Year 7, but with a few tweaks it could easily be adapted for use with other year groups. It looks at issues relating to Healthy Eating and Obesity and aims to build up student knowledge that may exist from their knowledge of health campaigns. All the relevant resources are included for download.

Key Issues addressed:

• The rise in obesity amongst young people in the UK.

• The promotion of healthy eating habits to counter the problem.

• The personal choices young people make when deciding what to eat.

• Student understanding of how key components of the food pyramid and personal choices may lead to future health concerns.

• Student understanding of how school meals are designed with student long term health concerns in mind.

• Highlighting types of eating disorders e.g. anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa and where support structures exist within school.

• The concept of negative role models in fashion for young people.

Sample: Lesson 1:
• To introduce the problem of UK Obesity
• To promote healthy eating habits

Objectives:
• Identify the extent of UK obesity amongst young people.
• Describe the concept of healthy eating
• Explain: key term of obesity and associated ideas surrounding healthy eating
• Analyse: the impact of UK obesity for the young people in relation to the health triangle.