Home Economics and Food Nutrition

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Home Economics and Food Nutrition

• Lesson objective to understand the relationship
  between quality of diet and disposable income

Success criteria Build- to enter into a
discussion about peoples income and how this can
affect their choices when buying and making meals
at home. Apply to plan, prepare and cook an
economical dish that would be suitable for an
evening meal for a low income family with two
children. Apply - Work out the cost per portion
of the dish Secure You have planned your menu
using the above criteria and have documented the
cost in a professional way listing all the
factors that affect the cost of the ingredients
and the health implications of your chosen
recipes.
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Questions

1. What is meant by disposable income?
2. How can family size and spending patterns affect
   the type of food we eat?
3. What type of food outlets would prove to be a
   better choice for shopping if you have a big
   family?
4. Where would you expect couples and single adult
   households to shop and what type of budget do you
   think they have?

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Tasks

• Research and find out then complete a
  PowerPoint on changes in disposable income over
  time.
• Research and copy and past a chart that shows the
  following chart real household disposable
  income and gross domestic product per head, UK.
• Research how family size and spending patterns
  have changed since the 1960s
• List what the main factors are
• - fewer children
• - ageing population
• - single people living alone
• - foods eaten away from home what type of
  places and why?
• - carry out a survey among your friends to find
  out how often they eat food outside the home (not
  including school dinners)
• - find out what types of food they eat and the
  amount of money they spend

Lesson objective to understand the relationship
between quality of diet and disposable income
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Household classified by size out of 100 of families Household classified by size out of 100 of families Household classified by size out of 100 of families Household classified by size out of 100 of families Household classified by size out of 100 of families Household classified by size out of 100 of families Household classified by size out of 100 of families
Household size 1961 1971 1981 1991 2003 2006
1 person 14 18 22 27 29 29
2 people 30 32 32 34 36 36
3 people 23 19 17 16 17 16
4 people 18 17 18 16 13 13
5 people 9 8 7 5 4 4
6 or more people 7 6 4 2 2 2
Average household size 3.1 2.9 2.7 2.5 2.4 2.4
Lesson objective to understand the relationship
between quality of diet and disposable income
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Lesson objective to understand the relationship
between quality of diet and disposable income
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AfL - Questions

• What have you found out?
• How does disposable income affect food choice?
• Why is there an increase in people eating meals
  away from home?
• Look at table C and explain the trends in family
  size over the last 44 years, what have you
  noticed?

Lesson objective to understand the relationship
between quality of diet and disposable income