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ZIMSEC O-Level Combined Science

7.1.3.1Diet, malnutrition and food tests

Diet, malnutrition and food tests in ZIMSEC O-Level Combined Science: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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Overview

Forms 1 and 4.

Learning objectives

What the syllabus expects you to be able to do.

  1. 7.1.3.1.1Define a balanced diet and list its components and their functions.
  2. 7.1.3.1.2Plan balanced meals for different groups of people.
  3. 7.1.3.1.3Explain malnutrition and deficiency diseases, including kwashiorkor, goitre, rickets, scurvy, anaemia and night blindness.
  4. 7.1.3.1.4Describe food tests for starch, simple sugars, proteins and fats.

Lessons

  • Carbohydrates, proteins and lipids

    22 min

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  • Food tests

    25 min

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  • Malnutrition and deficiency diseases

    22 min

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  • Nutrients and a balanced diet

    22 min

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Diet, malnutrition and food tests: sample question

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Tendai has swollen, bleeding gums, and a small cut on his hand is taking weeks to heal. His diet contains almost no fresh fruit or vegetables. Which deficiency disease is he most likely to have?

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