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    Document name: ACTIVITY 7 IMPROVING HEALTH AND WELLBEING

    2014
    Document date:
    Copyright information: Content is made available under a Creative Commons
    Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence.
    OpenLearn Study Unit: ENGLISH: SKILLS FOR LEARNING
    OpenLearn url: http://www.open.edu/openlearn/education/english-skills-
    learning/content-section-overview

    ACTIVITY 7 IMPROVING HEALTH AND WELLBEING


    Revised and edited by Anna Calvi

    © The Open University 2014

    www.open.edu/openlearn Page 1 of 1
    ENGLISH: SKILLS FOR
    LEARNING
    Week 1: Reading skills for university
    study

    ACTIVITY 7 IMPROVING HEALTH AND WELLBEING

    Read only the introductory paragraph, the headings and the topic sentence of each
    paragraph. Then answer the questions that follow. I recommend printing out this text
    as you will refer to it again while working through the next few activities.

    [P1] To stay healthy, the body’s needs for energy and nutrients must be
    met. This is particularly important in growing children as damage inflicted
    may not be reversible and can affect normal development. People whose
    diet lacks the necessary nutrients suffer from malnutrition, a condition that
    includes both over-nutrition and under-nutrition and is considered a risk
    factor for health.

    Under-nutrition

    [P2] Under-nutrition is in news reports of famines in poor countries, but it


    can also be found in developed countries. In industrialised countries,
    under-nutrition can be seen in young people who have eating disorders
    such as anorexia nervosa or bulimia, where the amount of energy they
    consume in food is less than the needs of their body.

    [P3] If children’s diets are too low in energy, they will stop growing and
    gaining weight. They will become lethargic, less active and be unable to
    concentrate. If the situation continues, they may develop life-threatening
    diseases. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
    (2012) reports that 100 million children under the age of five are
    underweight and 35% of all deaths of children under five are caused by
    malnutrition.

    [P4] When people suffer from under-nutrition, they are often deficient in
    vitamins and minerals needed by the body. For example, they may not
    have enough Vitamin A. If this deficiency is not tackled, eyesight may be
    permanently damaged. Lack of iron is another very common form of
    deficiency. This helps to explain why about 50% of women in India suffer
    from some degree of anaemia.

    Over-nutrition

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    [P5] Over-nutrition is usually associated with industrialised countries,
    although it is now also a problem among affluent people in developing
    countries. The main problem is that the amount of energy consumed in
    food is greater than the needs of the body and this can result in people
    becoming overweight or obese. As with under-nutrition, this may lead
    them to become lethargic, less active and less able to concentrate.

    [P6] Further health problems will arise over time, particularly if the diet is
    high in saturated fat. Saturated fat is solid at room temperature; examples
    include animal fats, dairy products and coconut and palm oil. Eating a diet
    high in saturated fat raises blood cholesterol and the risk of heart disease.
    People who are overweight or obese are more likely to suffer from
    coronary heart disease, type 2 diabetes, gallstones, arthritis, high blood
    pressure and some types of cancer.

    [P7] Type 2 diabetes is a metabolic disorder in which the body has trouble
    making its own insulin to control the level of sugar in the blood. Because it
    tends to develop in adults, it is also known as adult-onset diabetes.
    However, growing numbers of young adults and children are now
    developing it.

    (The Open University (2014) ‘Science File’, KG004 Improving health and
    wellbeing)

    © The Open University 2014

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