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Unit 3: Food in daily life - AoS 2 Food choice, health and wellbeing

4 dot points, in syllabus order. Each dot point has a focused answer, with exam-style questions and worked answers where available.

How have Australian eating patterns changed over time, and how do discretionary foods relate to diet-related disease?

Changes in Australian eating patterns over time, the role of discretionary foods, and the relationship between dietary patterns and diet-related conditions such as obesity, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease

VCE Food Studies Unit 3 AoS 2 on how Australian eating patterns have changed over time, the role of discretionary foods, and the link between dietary patterns and diet-related conditions such as obesity, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

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How do the Australian Dietary Guidelines and healthy eating models guide healthy food choices?

The purpose and content of the Australian Dietary Guidelines and the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating, and how these evidence-based tools promote healthy eating

VCE Food Studies Unit 3 AoS 2 on the Australian Dietary Guidelines and the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating: their purpose, content, five food groups, and how these evidence-based tools promote healthy eating.

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How can the dietary guidelines and the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating be used to plan and evaluate food intake for different people?

Applying the principles of the Australian Dietary Guidelines and the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating to plan, model and evaluate daily food intake for individuals and groups with differing needs

VCE Food Studies Unit 3 AoS 2 on applying the Australian Dietary Guidelines and the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating to plan, model and evaluate daily food intake for individuals and groups with differing needs.

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What factors influence the food choices people make every day?

The physical, social, economic, cultural and psychological factors that influence food selection, and the benefits and barriers to following healthy eating advice

VCE Food Studies Unit 3 AoS 2 on the physical, social, economic, cultural and psychological factors that shape food selection, plus the benefits and barriers to following healthy eating advice.

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