Mediacorp
Understanding Food Choices and the Impact on Health
In this video, a teacher takes a group of kids shopping to explore their food choices and how marketing influences their decisions. The teacher then introduces the kids to individuals who have experienced the consequences of an unhealthy...
Visual Learning Systems
Nutrition: a Balanced Diet
Upon viewing the Nutrition video series, students will be able to do the following: Define nutrition as a science that studies the interaction of the human body and food. State the six major kinds of nutrients including: carbohydrates,...
Healthcare Triage
Diets! Which Ones Work for Losing Weight and Keeping it Off?
There are so, so many diets out there. Some are low in fat, others are low in carbs. Some involve special foods, others tell you to avoid them. So what's the best diet for you? Watch and learn!
Visual Learning Systems
Introduction to Balanced Diet
This video introduces Balanced Diet, a series of videos that provides students with the basic knowledge and skill to achieve a balanced diet. After reviewing the basic nutrient groups, the concepts of Recommended Dietary Allowances and...
60 Second Histories
Olympic Games - the athletes
This short video looks at who competed in the Olympics, how they trained and competed and the prize they could expect as a champion
Octopus TV
Eating Disorders - Types Of Treatment
In this video Janet Treasure looks at types of treatment and therapy techniques which are used to help people with eating disorders to combat the illness.
Octopus TV
Eating Disorders - The Aims Of Treatment
In this video Janet Treasure discusses what kind of improvements health care proffessionals aim to make when they treat people suffering with eating disorders. Whilst often physical effects are the most obvious ones to be treated there...
Octopus TV
Eating Disorders - Why Its Recovery Can Be Hard
In this video Janet Treasure discusses some of the difficulties in recovering from eating disorders. One of the key problems is the lack of nutrition available for brain power, which can impact their ability to change learned behaviours.
Octopus TV
Eating Disorders - Interpretation Distorted By Starvation
In this video Janet Treasure discusses how in helping someone with an eating disorder it can be important to adopt a soft gentle tone in order to help understand the person better.
Octopus TV
Eating Disorders - Why Eating Disorder Suffers Relapse
In this video Janet Treasure talks about how eating disorders become automatic and how these can be changed and the challenges involved in doing this.
Octopus TV
Eating Disorders - Isolation
In this video Janet Treasure discusses approaches to coping with and support those suffering from eating disorders.
Neuro Transmissions
The Neuroscience of Eating Disorders
Many of us are lucky enough to live in a world where food is easily accessible. We no longer have to hunt wild animals or scrounge for edible plants to survive. However, in spite of (or likely because of) this luxury, millions of people...
Weird History
The History Of Gout-The Kings Disease
For centuries, many have called gout "the disease of kings" because it affected men who ate rich diets and drank heavily. As early as the ancient Greeks, doctors wrote about gout, claiming that only wealthy men could become afflicted...
Science360
Food and fear: Modeling animal trade-offs shaped by landscape complexity
The Lemhi Valley is a high desert sagebrush steppe environment in eastern Idaho, along the border with Montana. It's a critical habitat and a gorgeous piece of intact sagebrush landscape, according to University of Idaho mammalian...
Visual Learning Systems
Understanding Nutrients: The Key to a Balanced Diet
In this video, the importance of nutrients for maintaining a healthy body is emphasized. It explains the six major groups of nutrients: carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, minerals, and water. Each nutrient is described in terms of...
Visual Learning Systems
Your Diet: My Plate
This video is about how to plan and organize a healthy diet using the My Plate technique. It explains the different food groups and their examples, such as fruits, vegetables, grains, proteins, and dairy. The video shows how these food...
Visual Learning Systems
Understanding the Food Pyramid and Daily Nutrient Requirements
This video discusses the importance of a balanced diet and provides guidance on using the food pyramid to determine daily nutrient requirements. It specifically focuses on the example of dietary requirements for a 13-year-old girl who...
Weird History
What The Typical Medieval Diet Was Like
If you've ever been to the restaurant Medieval Times or eaten at a Renaissance Faire, then you've been horribly misled about medieval diets. The real story of medieval foods and cooking is actually simultaneously a lot more disgusting...
Curated Video
At the intersection of holiday indulgence and diet culture could be a space for rethinking our relationship with food
Holiday indulgence and diet culture could come together to create an opportunity to rethink our relationships with food, and one doctor says we should have a more neutral mindset about eating. (Scripps News)
Curated Video
Is the potato a vegetable? USDA says yes, and it will stay that way
Reclassifying a food would impact programs influenced by the government, like school lunches and SNAP benefits.
Press Association
Greta Thunberg chants at climate protest outside major banks in London
Greta Thunberg protests outside JPMorgan and Barclays in Canary Wharf, demanding the banks stop funding fossil fuels.
The Swedish climate activist joined the group Fossil Free London to protest outside JPMorgan on Thursday morning...
Bloomberg
Novo Nordisk Halts Ozempic Study
Novo Nordisk is halting a study which looked at the impact of its blockbuster Ozempic drug on kidney failure after it showed effectiveness surprisingly early. Ed Ludlow reports.
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Teen Kids News
Now Eye Know: Carrots
Ask most teens what food helps improve your eyesight and they’ll likely respond: CARROTS. Dean learns from an expert that carrots do help.
Press Association
Thousands march on Westminister for climate justice
Extinction Rebellion protesters march in central London as the climate activist group attempts to abandon disruptive tactics and focus on “relationships over roadblocks”.