Unit Award Scheme

93854

INTRODUCTION TO DIGESTION AND NUTRITION IN HUMANS

Level: Entry Level

In successfully completing this unit, the learner will have	Evidence needed
experienced 1. watching a video on digestion	Summary sheet
demonstrated the ability to 2. identify the oesophagus, the stomach, the liver, the small intestine, the large intestine and the anus, on a diagram of the human digestive tract	Student completed work
shown knowledge of 3. the three main food groups and each one's contribution to health	Student completed work
4. how at least three vitamins and two minerals can contribute to good health	Student completed work
5. how fibre is necessary for the food to pass through the large intestine	Student completed work
6. how consuming too much sugar can cause diabetes	Student completed work
7. how too much fat in the diet can cause obesity	Student completed work
8. how too much alcohol in the diet can cause liver damage.	Student completed work

Approved 02 Mar 2005

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