The Nutrition Transition
Introduction
The following page uses several resources including worksheets adapted from Popkin's model to explore how the nutrition transition varies from region to region. It then begins to critique the model by introducing the double burden through a WHO infographic and several country profiles in both video and PDF. It concludes with a student investigation into the health profile of Mali.
Enquiry Question
What is the nutrition transition how is it experienced in different regions of the world?
Lesson Time: 1 Hour
Lesson Objectives:
To define and describe the nutrition transition
To explain how the nutrition transition is associated with different countries/regions at different stages of development
To explain how some countries/regions have a double burden in the nutrition transition
Teacher Notes:
1. Starter Activity_ Synthesis - Show the students the starter image for 3 seconds. Based on what they see they should briefly discuss with a partner their interpretation of the photo and write down a sentence to describe how they think it relates to our course.
2. The Nutrition Transition Model_Synthesis - Give students the nutrition transition worksheet and students should describe the stage of development associated with the model adapted from Popkin 2002
Then show students the diagram of the full model alongside the demographic and epidemiological transition models
3. Countries and the Nutrition Transition_ Places and Synthesis - Students should then work with the second worksheet where they should attempt to link different countries and regions to the second model showing the causes of the nutrition transition.
The second question has to consider what earlier patterns of food and nutrition look like. Follow this up with a debrief on the main causes of the transition. Show them the full model with the 5 stages.
4. Infographic_Processes_The Double Burden Students can then either work directly within the site or you can control the infographic from the whiteboard. Students should use the infographic to answer the following questions:
- Describe what the double burden is
- Describe it in data
- Describe it in scale
5. Video Resources_Processes_ The Double Burden Show students the two videos that then question the transition model by showing the double burden in developing countries and NICs
6. Student Assessment - Investigation-Place and Processes - Finally students should investigate the WHO PDF health summary of Mali. They should describe where Mali stands in terms of the Nutrition Transition. They should use evidence from the summary to justify their choice.
This could be followed up with a video explaining the double burden experienced in Mali and students can make notes.
Student Textbook Links
Starter Activity - Synthesis - Flash Photo Definition
You will be shown an image for 3 seconds. Based on what you see briefly discuss with a partner your interpretation of the photo and write down a sentence to describe how you think it relates to our course.
Source: http://www.cpc.unc.edu/projects/nutrans/whatis
Student Activity - Synthesis - The Nutrition Transition Model
Study the diagram of the nutrition transition and for each stage write down a description of the state of development at that stage
Nutrition TransitionThe Demographic Transition Model
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Source: www.populationeducation.org
Show the students the following model
Source: Stages of the nutrition transition. (From Popkin BM (2002)
Student Activity - Places and Synthesis - The Nutrition Transition and Regional Variation in Consumption
Complete the activity on the worksheet provided to identify country/regional differences associated with the nutrition transition
What do you think patterns 1 and 2 would look like in terms of types of food and nutrition within the model and which countries or regions would you associate with those patterns?
The Nutrition Transition and Regional Variation
Glossary
MCH - Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin
NR-NCD - Nutrition Related - Non-Communicable Diseases
CHO - Carbohydrates
Source: Popkin 2002 Revised 2006
Student Activity - Processes - The Double Burden Infographic
Study the WHO Infographic on the double burden of malnutrition and
1. Describe what the double burden is
2. Describe it in data
3. Describe it in scale
Student Activity - Processes - The Double Burden of the Nutrition Transition
Watch the following video clips from the WHO-FAO and MD-FM on the double burden of malnutrition in developing countries.
Student Activity - Places and Processes - Mali Health Investigation
Using the WHO PDF on the health summary of Mali describe where Mali stands in terms of the Nutrition Transition. Use evidence from the summary to justify your choice.
This should be structured as a report
- The report should be no more than 1 page typed, including diagrams
- The report should begin by stating where Mali stands on the Nutrition Transition. Nutrition Transition should be clearly defined.
- The justifications should cover a broad range of evidence from the resource and be clearly linked to Nutrition Transition and Mali as well as the student assessment in the introduction
- Resource evidence must not be copied and pasted but rather paraphrased and then developed with the student's own knowledge making wider links.
- Diagrams and charts may be used but must be integrated into the argument.
Follow this up by showing the video clip on Mali