Nutritional Health
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, UNIT 19
Getting to know your unit
Good nutrition is widely recognised as being vital for health. Yet, as a
nation, there is an increasing incidence of obesity and illnesses, such as
Assessm ent
type 2 diabetes and heart disease, which can result from poor nutrition.
You will be assesse d by a
In addition, a good diet is important for recovery from illness. Past
series of assignm ents set
studies have shown that people receiving care have not always received
by your tutor. sufficient nutrition, with adverse effects on their recovery.
It is crucial that care workers have a good understanding of nutrition, as
well as of the reasons why individuals may not be eating an adequate
diet, and how this can be rectified.
How you will be assessed
This unit will be assessed by your tutor, by a series of internally assessed tasks set
by them. There are a variety of activities within this unit that will consolidate your
knowledge and stimulate your ideas. There are two assessment practices that will
enable you to check you have all the knowledge needed to complete the assignment.
These give you the opportunity to develop your technique and support you to achieve
the higher grades.
When producing work for the final assessment, it is crucial that you check your work
thoroughly against the unit specification, to ensure you have not missed anything out.
This is important, as the Pass criteria cannot be awarded if the work is incomplete.
It also gives you an opportunity to check your work for spelling, punctuation and
grammar errors.
If you are hoping to achieve the Merit and Distinction grades, it is important that
you pay attention to the descriptor verbs in the task. These are words like ‘explain’,
‘describe’, analyse’ and ‘evaluate’.
The assignment set by your tutor will be made up of a number of tasks, which will give
you the opportunity to present all the information needed to achieve the Distinction
criteria. It will involve a mixture of written answers and activities, including:
▸▸ a resource for volunteers
▸▸ an examination of factors affecting two individuals with specific dietary needs
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▸▸ an assessment of the nutritional intake of the two individuals
▸▸ professionally presented recommendations for improvements to the two
individuals’ diet.
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, Getting to know your unit UNIT 1
Assessment criteria
This table shows what you must do in order to achieve a Pass, Merit or Distinction grade, and
where you can find activities to help you.
Pass Merit Distinction
Learning aim A nderstand concepts of nutritional health and characteristics
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of essential nutrients
A.P1 A.M1 AB.D1
Explain how the concepts of nutritional Assess the impact of dietary intake and Evaluate the role of nutritional health
health contribute to health and dietary deficiencies on nutritional health. in maintaining the selected individuals’
wellbeing. Assessment practice 19.1 health and wellbeing, and the impact of
Assessment practice 19.1 influencing factors.
Assessment practice 19.1
A.P2
Explain the sources of essential nutrients
and their functions in the body.
Assessment practice 19.1
Learning aim B Examine factors affecting dietary intake and nutritional health
B.P3 B.M2
Explain the health, socio-economic Assess how the dietary intake and
and cultural factors that can influence nutritional health of the selected
the nutritional health of the selected individuals are influenced by their
individuals. dietary habits and lifestyle choices.
Assessment practice 19.1 Assessment practice 19.1
B.P4
Compare the dietary intake of the
selected individuals with their nutritional
requirements.
Assessment practice 19.1
Learning aim C Plan nutrition to improve individuals’ nutritional health
C.P5 C.M3 C.D2
Produce clear plans to improve the Produce professionally presented plans Justify the recommendations in the plans
nutritional health of two individuals with to improve the nutritional health of two in relation to the needs and situations of
different dietary needs. individuals with different dietary needs. the selected individuals.
Assessment practice 19.2 Assessment practice 19.2 Assessment practice 19.2
C.P6 C.M4 C.D3
Explain how the recommendations will Analyse how the recommendations will Evaluate the importance of planning
improve the nutritional health of the improve the nutritional health of the
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nutritional health for selected individuals
selected individuals. selected individuals. to ensure their dietary needs are met,
Assessment practice 19.2 Assessment practice 19.2 and that influencing factors are taken
into account.
Assessment practice 19.2
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, Getting started
Good nutrition is crucial to support good health. For some people, it can be very
difficult to access a healthy diet. Write down a list of reasons why some people
do not have control over what they eat. When you have completed the unit, see
if you can add to this list.
Understand concepts of nutritional health and
A characteristics of essential nutrients
Concepts of nutritional health
To provide nutritious, healthy food and advice on healthy eating, it is important to
understand the theory behind the wealth of dietary information that is published. You
also need to understand the way that processing can affect the nutritional value of
foods, so you can avoid destroying nutrients.
This section looks at the current advice and issues affecting the diet of people who live
in the UK.
Healthy eating and a balanced diet
The National Diet and Nutrition Survey, published in May 2014, showed that, on
average, the population of the UK is still consuming too much saturated fat, added
sugars, salt, and not enough fruit, vegetables, oily fish and fibre. Dietary advice has
been available to people in the UK for many decades. During the Second World
War the government issued leaflets with recipes for nourishing meals, alongside
healthier lifestyles and dietary advice. Current advice has been designed to be easy to
understand and hopefully, more likely to be followed.
eatwell plate and main food groups
The eatwell plate is a visual representation of the proportions of each different type of
food you should consume.
The eatwell plate illustrates food in groups as this is a simple way of categorising foods.
The five main food groups are:
▸▸ fruit and vegetables (33 per cent)
▸▸ bread, other cereals and potatoes (33 per cent)
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▸▸ milk and dairy products (15 per cent)
▸▸ foods containing fat and foods containing sugar (7 per cent)
▸▸ meat, fish and alternatives (12 per cent).
It is easier for people to plan a healthy diet if advice is not too complicated. Even
children can usually understand these food groups. Anyone on a special diet may need
Key term
help from a dietician to adapt this to their dietary restrictions.
Over-nutrition – a condition
that results either from eating Malnutrition, including under-nutrition and obesity
too much, or eating too many You might think of malnutrition as a condition in which people are not getting enough
of the wrong types of food, or to eat, however, malnutrition is any condition in which the body does not receive
taking too many vitamins or sufficient nutrients to function properly. Malnutrition can include both under-nutrition
other dietary supplements. and over-nutrition.
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