Celebrating Diversity
What is racism?
Racial discrimination or racism is when someone is treated differently because of their race, ethnicity, nationality or colour.
What can affect healthy eating?
-Cost
-Taste
-Socioeconomic status
-Education
What does value for money mean?
Money really worth spent. Includes cost, quality and sustainability.
What acronym can be used for Recommended Dietary Intake?
RDI
What does it mean to be prejudiced?
Prejudging based on bigoted or biased attitudes
What does the Health Star Rating system do?
-Helps you quickly and easily compare the nutrition of similar
Explain equity
the quality of being fair and impartial
What areas of the body can sugar effect?
-Mouth
-Brain
-Heart
-Weight
Three impacts of racism on the victim
- Restricts access to resources eg. Jobs, housing and employment.
-Leads to poor self-esteem
-Might not want to engage with others eg. sport, gym
-Can lead to injury eg. assault
- Lead to behaviours that impact negatively on their health such as smoking, excess alcohol consumption and drug use
How are the ingredients listed on a food label?
The most used ingredient at the start, to the least amount of ingredient last
What is cultural identity?
Part of a person's identity. Related to nationality and ethnicity.
What does it mean to be energy balanced?
Number of calories eaten are equal to the number calories out- eg energy expenditure.
How can we challenge racism?
-Stand up
-Educate ourselves
-Recognise and acknowledge
How can energy balanced be affected?
Physical activity, body size, amount of body and fat and genetics.
What is an advocate?
-Someone who promotes and defends another person's rights, needs and interests
How can socioeconomic status impact a person's ability to eat healthy?
-Less education
-Eating healthy can be expensive
Three impacts of racism on the victim
- Restricts access to resources eg. Jobs, housing and employment.
-Leads to poor self-esteem
-Might not want to engage with others eg. sport, gym
-Can lead to injury eg. assault
- Lead to behaviours that impact negatively on their health such as smoking, excess alcohol consumption and drug use
Give me three ways how to tell if a product is healthy or unhealthy?
Looking at the ingredients
How many ingredients are in the product
How much saturated fat, sugar, fibre
Definition of stereotypes. Give an example
An assumption about what someone will do or how they will behave based on what social groups they belong to. Eg. Girls should play with dolls and boys should play with trucks
What are the effects of sugar on the body?
-Tooth decay
- Gain and excess fat
- Can increase anxiety
- Increases blood pressure which can lead to heart disease