BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS

Here you are the books you can read this year. The aim is you enjoy reading, and learn new things, but yes, it will also increase your final mark (maximum 0,5 points only if you have an average of 5 in the term). All of them are in Spanish, but you will have to write one page (2 sides maximum) IN ENGLISH with 3 sections:
- SUMMARY
- Things you have learn and you didn't know before.
- PERSONAL OPINION about the book (be honest, it doesn't mind if you didn't like it and tell me if you would recommend it or not)

1st term:
- Miriam es anoréxica . Autor: Marliese Arold. Editorial: Edebé
- Mi dieta ya no cojea (2a parte de Mi dieta cojea ). Aitor Sánchez. Ed. Palidós.

2nd term:
- El pintor de las neuronas (Santiago ramón y Cajal) . Ed. Anaya. Libro disponible en el Departamento de Biología.
- El ayudante de Darwin , V. Muñoz Puelles. Ed. Algar, Algar Joven.

3rd term:
- No me baciles . Autor: Montserrat Argerich. Flor Rey. Editorial: Octaedro.
Libro disponible en el Departamento de Biología.
- Curiosidades del planeta Tierra , L. Moledo. ePubLibre.

LABELS

This is the information that has to appear in an Spanish label:

You will have to learn how to read the imporant information about nutrients in the labels of food you eat. Let's practice with this example. Do the activity in your notebook (copy the instructions).

Food wheels help us to know what the types of food we need to eat and their proportion in order to get a balanced diet.

This is the food wheel that recommends the National Health Service in England: Eatwell guide 2016

 Click on Download weel guide to see the image of the complete food wheel.

Here you can find the recommendations in Spain, porvided by SEDCA (Sociedad Española de Dietética y Ciencias de la Alimentación). (Click on the left to download the pdf files): Food Wheel and recommendation in Spain



The traditional Food Pyramids:

Or more modern ones:

Which one do you prefer?

Feeding world day

Today is the world day for feeding and nutrition. If you want how to improve your dayly diet here you have  6 food nutritionist recommend not to eat. It is in Spanish.It will aldo guiv you ideas for the project you will have to do for this unit.

https://alimentosquetienen.com

6 alimentos que los nutricionistas siempre evitan

Analysing your diet

Have you ever thought about what you eat daily? Do you think your diet is healthy or not? Why is it so important to have a blaanced diet? The best way to understad what is a balanced diet and why is this important os to anaylise your own diet. 

So in this unit you will write a report analysing your diet in a week. You will have to record everything you EAT and DRINK for a week, with approximate amounts (grams, pieces, slides of bread, glasses of water, cups of milk...). Then, you will analyse the diet considering:

• The proportion of different types of nutrients present in the diet, or the frequency with which they are consumed. 

• Total ammount of calories in a day and the daily average caloric supply: you can use this or another website to get information about the Kcal of main types of food:  https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/healthy-weight/calorie-checker/

• The ammount of Kcal or KJ you consume per day compared with your energy needs. This web can help https://www.eatforhealth.gov.au/eat-health-calculators 

•  You can use this Excel file as an example: https://drive.google.com/open?id=19MhsRC_oYEVq92VpX5h_1y6_P0iEItYX.

• Good points and weak points of the diet.

• Things to improve.

Then, write a report with your analysis.  An example of the project plan could be:

• Front page with title, name and group
• Index
• Introduction: write about the importance of diet for our health and present the characteristics of the subject you are going to study.
• Raw data: present the information on your diet in a synthetic way. Choose a good visual display for the information, be creative, excel file is just a guide.
• Quantitative analysis: present information on the caloric intake and energy needs. Compare them and draw conclusions.
• Qualitative analysis: analyse the proportions of different types of food/nutrients in the diet you're studying, compare them with recommendable proportions (use food wheels or pyramids) and draw conclusions. INCLUDE THE AVERAGE AMOUNT OF SUGAR IN A DAY compared with the OMS recommendations. (On Friday the 18th a scientist from CSIC will explain this in a conference about sugar in food). 
• Conclusions: good points and bad points in the diet (or lifestyle in general), health risks derived from that diet, suggestions to improve, etc.

You will use 1 or 2 classes with the assistant to prepare your report. Dead line: 4th of November.