Diet Imbalance & Deficiency
Science · Organisms & Life Processes · conceptual
Explain the health consequences of an imbalanced diet including obesity (excess energy), starvation (severe energy deficit), and deficiency diseases (lack of specific nutrients, e.g. scurvy, rickets)
What mastery looks like
- Defines obesity, starvation, and deficiency disease and links each to dietary imbalance
- Identifies at least two specific deficiency diseases and the missing nutrient causing each
- Explains why the impact of poor diet can be long-term
Check your understanding
If Diet Imbalance & Deficiency heard about conditions like obesity or vitamin deficiency diseases, could they explain how eating too much, too little, or the wrong mix of foods leads to those health problems?
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