Developing personalised solutions for specific diet restrictions – unit plan

Students investigate the occurrence of food-related conditions, for example lactose intolerance, within their school or community in order to make a packed lunch suitable to take on a school tramp.

Bowl of muesli

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The gluten and lactose in this bowl of muesli can be problematic for people with food intolerance or allergies.

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This unit plan shows the dimensions of a nutrigenomics-based solution and the mechanism by which this information can be managed (bioinformatics). This can be demonstrated by the development of a model that provides information that can be used as the basis for dietary decision-making.

Keywords

bioinformatics, food allergies, diet, lifestyle