UNIT 10

CHAPTER 18 -- Diet and Health
CHAPTER 19 -- Consumer Concerns
CHAPTER 20 -- Hunger and the Global Environment

Learning Objectives

After reading the chapters, the student will know:

The connection between nutrition and today's major diseases.
The relationship between good nutrition and HIV.
The major diet-related risk factors for atherosclerosis, hypertension, cancer and diabetes.
The dietary recommendations for both types of diabetes and how that compares with the healthy diet recommended for all people.
The two types of food-borne illnesses and examples of each; methods to prevent food-borne illnesses at home and while traveling; precautions applied to meat.
How contaminants get into food and build up in the food chain; dangers presented by natural toxicants.
The pesticides that can become a hazard to the food supply and how they are monitored; along with regulation of food additives.
The understanding of genetic engineering and its relationship to food.
Some reasons why hunger is present in a country as wealthy as the USA and also in developing countries of the world.
Why relieving environmental problems will also help to alleviate hunger and poverty; the different pathways taken by the rich and poor countries.
Some strategies the consumer can use to minimize the negative environmental impact when shopping for food, preparing meals and disposing of garbage.
The comparison of agricultural methods and solutions.
Each chapter's vocabulary terms.

View Lessons #21 Life Cycle: Adulthood and Aging and #22 Diet and Health CVD
Read Chapter 18
Read Chapter 19
Read Chapter 20
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