Diet and nutrition
What Diet and nutrition means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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A balanced diet is needed for good health, while a poor diet can cause malnutrition or obesity and can also affect mental health.
Protein is needed for growth and repair because it provides amino acids used to build new cells and tissues.
Topics that use Diet and nutrition
- Farming techniques (AQA GCSE)
- Health issues (AQA GCSE)
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- Communicable and non-communicable disease interaction
- Communicable diseases
- Correlation and causation
- Efficiency of food production
- Factors affecting health
- Health
- Health and susceptibility to infection
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