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Unit 3: Food in daily life - AoS 2 Food choice, health and wellbeing
Quick questions on Dietary modelling and planning food intake for VCE Food Studies Unit 3 AoS 2
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What is the tools you are modelling against?Show answer
Dietary modelling uses both: the guidelines for the principles, and the AGHE for the practical serve counts and proportions.
What are accounting for differing needs?Show answer
Recommended serves and energy needs vary between people, so a model must be tailored:
What is evaluating a diet?Show answer
A strong evaluation does more than count serves. It states which groups met, exceeded or fell short of recommendations, comments on the amount of discretionary food, notes the variety and balance across the day, and judges whether the plan suits the person's needs. It then proposes specific, realistic changes, such as adding a vegetable serve at lunch or swapping a sugary drink for water.
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