Health – Food and health By the end of this lesson you will have: • Familiarised yourself with the Epidemiological transition model • Learnt about food and health and how the two are connected • Investigated a case study about the link between food and health
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Health – Food and health
By the end of this lesson you will have:
• Familiarised yourself with the Epidemiological transition
model• Learnt about food and health
and how the two are connected
• Investigated a case study about the link between food and
• 1. Modernisation and development creates epidemiological transition
• 2. With modernisation, or increasing affluence, comes a different range of illnesses
• 3. Initially there were 3 stages ranging from pestilence to ‘human induced illness’
• 4. There are 3 variations of the basic model which correlates to different areas and the speed to which they pass through the stages ‘western’, ‘accelerated’ and ‘delayed’
Epidemiological Transition Model
• Study the graph on page 21• Describe what you see • Complete the activity on the bottom of page
• SHORT TERM• Usually carried out by N.G.Os such as charities.
Aquinas alone raises significant amounts of money for CAFOD who respond to famines
• Overdependence can be a problem with short term aid – there is only a limited supply and it might damage the local agricultural economy
• TASK: To remember the issues relating to famine relief C.D.F.I.C.T – stick on walls
Long Term Solutions to Famine
• Making famine help more productive• Usually comes in farming – SYNTHESIS• Using improved technology or fertilisers• Getting the produce to markets more quickly
whilst it is still fresh and desirable• Easing international trade and cancelling
national debts• Drop the Debt – Make Poverty History
• ‘Discuss causes and consequences of periodic famine’ – 15 Jan 2012
• Famine: what is famine incl. examples• What are the causes of famine?• Which strata of society will suffer the most?• Consequences: Livestock, food, mass
migration• International aid efforts
Extension Task/Homework
• ‘Discuss causes and consequences of obesity’• Obesity: what is obesity incl. examples• What are the causes of obesity?• Which strata of society will suffer the most?• Consequences: N.C.Ds, government, social• Government attempts to stop obesity