ILIGAN MEDICAL CENTER COLLEGE

Basic Education Department

Laya Ext., Pala-o
Iligan City

Music, Arts, Physical Education

and Health (MAPEH)

Grade 7

Second Quarter Learning Module

S.Y. 2021-2022

Prepared by:
Ms. Jearlie Mae A. Basergo

*Reminder:
✓ Grading system (Mini/Performance Task=70% and Written Activities=30%).
✓ Do every activity in this module.
✓ Send your videos/outputs needed to be sent online through messenger
(Jearlie Mae Basergo).
✓ If you have questions, contact me through messenger with your full name
and grade level.

Name of Student: _________________________________________

 ILIGAN MEDICAL CENTER COLLEGE
Basic Education Department
S.Y. 2021-2022

LEARNING MODULE

Quarter: Second
Subject: Health 7
Topic Area: Nutrition
Designed by: Ms. Jearlie Mae A. Basergo
Teaching devices: Modular and online instruction

Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELCs):

The learner…

• identifies the right foods during adolescence

• follows the appropriate nutritional guidelines for adolescents for healthful eating
o explains the need to select food based on the nutritional needs during
adolescence
o follows the Food Pyramid guide for adolescents and nutritional guidelines for
Filipinos in choosing foods to eat
• describes the characteristics, signs and symptoms of malnutrition and micronutrient
deficiencies
• discusses ways of preventing and controlling malnutrition and micronutrient deficiencies
• explains the characteristics, signs and symptoms of eating disorders
• discusses ways of preventing and controlling eating disorders
• applies decision-making and critical thinking skills to prevent nutritional problems of
adolescents

Pre-assessment:
Are you eating to live a healthy life? Study the following pictures or illustrations of adolescents’
eating styles and food preferences. To whom do you identify yourself?
A. Fast Food Fanatic B. “Eat-all-you-can” C. Fiber Conscious E. Home Prepared

Explanation:___________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________

EXPLORE

Nutritional Guidelines
MyPlate
- it is made of four sections represented by four
colors: orange (grains), green (vegetables), violet
(protein) red (fruits), plus a side order in blue
(dairy). This plate model illustrates the importance
of varied diet with food from each group. The
purpose of this design is to help people make
healthier and smarter food choices.
MyPyramid
- an updated version of American food guide
pyramid. It urges consumers to select a diet
of basic food at the appropriate calorie level
and encourages people to engage in daily
physical activity.

• Vary your fruits and veggies daily (2 cups of fruits and 2½ cups of vegetables)
• Calcium for healthy bones (1,300 mg or 3 cups of calcium a day)
• Power up with protein (5-6 oz of protein-rich food a day)
• More whole grains (6 oz of grains)
• Choose healthy fats (25-35% of calories)

Essential Vitamins for the Body

Activity 1
Read and understand the following. Encircle the letter of your answer.
1. What percentage of the recommended intake of vegetables do Filipino adolescents
typically eat?
a. 35 % b. 60% c. 80% d. 100%

2. Which of the following is the source of protein and can supply highly absorbable iron in
your diet?
a. Carrots b. fresh water clams c. green peas d. citrus fruits

3. Which of the following fatty food is the healthiest?

a. Butter b. margarine c. corn oil d. lard

4. How much of the recommended intake of protein should be from seafood?

a. 20% b. 50% c. 40% d. 60%

5. Which of the following is prevented with regular use of iodize salt on the table and in
cooking?
a. Beriberi b. Goiter c. Rickets d. Scurvy

Process questions:

1. Compare and contrast the MyPyramid and MyPlate model. Which one do you find
more practical and convenient as a guide? Why do you say so?

2. How can food labels be used to plan a balanced diet?

 3. With the increasing number of fast-food centers in urban communities, do you think
you still eat right every time you eat out? Why do you say so?

FIRM-UP

Characteristics, Signs, and Symptoms of Malnutrition and Micronutrient

Deficiencies

The secret to maintaining your weight is taking in as many calories as you use. Consuming
more calories than your body needs makes you gain weight, whereas using more calories than
what you take in will make you lose weight.

Malnutrition
- being overweight and underweight are Signs and Symptoms
both indicative of malnutrition. • a lack of appetite or interest in food or drink
Malnutrition is a serious condition that • tiredness and irritability
happens when your diet does not • an inability to concentrate
contain the right amount of nutrients. It • always feeling cold
means "poor nutrition" and can refer to • depression
undernutrition – not getting enough • loss of fat, muscle mass, and body tissue
nutrients. Overnutrition – getting more • a higher risk of getting sick and taking
nutrients than needed. longer to heal
• longer healing time for wounds
• a higher risk of complications after surgery

Micronutrient Deficiencies - is defined as a lack of essential vitamins and minerals required

in small amounts by the body for proper growth and development.
Activity 2
Read and understand the following conditions then act like a young nutritionist. What
appropriate diet or food will you recommend if the following deficiencies or conditions are
observed? Support your recommendation.

1. Marie is observed to experience

profuse bleeding with her cuts and
has problems with blood clotting.

2. Your best friend experiences

dizziness and moodiness due to low
blood pressure.

3. Your younger sister complains of

bleeding gums when she brushes
her teeth and usually sees bruises
on her skin.

4. Your friend shared to you that

she was diagnosed with cretinism (a
condition wherein there is a
decrease/ absent thyroid function)
and hypothyroidism (a condition
wherein the body lacks sufficient
thyroid hormone)
5. You heard from your friend that
her mother has brittle nails and has
anemia.

DEEPEN
Eating Disorders
Anorexia Nervosa
- Comes from the Latin words: anorexia means “having a lack of appetite” and Nervosa
means “inability to eat”.
- people with anorexia tend to feel full sooner than other people.
- tend to be a perfectionist and have unrealistic expectations about how they should look
and perform.
- lack a sense of identity and self-worth
Characteristics Signs Symptoms
It is characterized by an - Restriction of food intake to lose - cannot think right, fear of
unrealistic fear of gaining weight. gaining weight, sad, moody,
weight and conspicuous irritable.
- The lack of desire to maintain
distortion of body image.
normal and healthy body weight. - Weak muscles and swollen
The person with this
joints
condition is obsessed - Obsession of being skinny and
with becoming fear of gaining weight. - constipation
excessively thinner and
- Excessive and compulsive - thin and brittle hair
reduces food intake to
exercising
the point where his or - low blood pressure, short
her health is - Denial of hunger and refusal to heart rate, anemia
compromised. eat.
- dry skin and easily bruised
Bulimia Nervosa

Characteristics Signs Symptoms

It is characterized by an - Restriction of food intake to - cannot think right, fear of
unrealistic fear of gaining lose weight. gaining weight, sad, moody,
weight and conspicuous irritable.
- The lack of desire to
distortion of body image. The
maintain normal and healthy - Weak muscles and swollen
person with this condition is
body weight. joints
obsessed with becoming
excessively thinner and - Obsession of being skinny - constipation
reduces food intake to the and fear of gaining weight.
- thin and brittle hair
point where his or her health
- Excessive and compulsive
is compromised. - low blood pressure, short
exercising
heart rate, anemia
- Denial of hunger and refusal
- dry skin and easily bruised
to eat.

Compulsive Eating Disorder

Characteristics Signs and Symptoms

Often feel unable to control
how much or how often they
eat. Eat very fast, unable to
stop eating, eat when they
are not hungry, eat when
they are alone, or eat non-
stop throughout the day.
• Eating unusually large amounts of food in a specific
amount of time.
• Eating when one is not hungry or full.
• Eating at a fast pace.
• Eating alone or in secret.
• Hiding food.
• Eating until uncomfortably full.
• Reporting feelings of guilt or shame around eating.
• “Frequently dieting, possibly without weight loss.”
• Loss of sexual desire.
• Weight fluctuation.
• Reported feelings of low self-worth.

Activity 3 (Mini Task)

Draw a poster showing the proper management of eating disorders. Attach your output to this
module. You will be graded based on the rubric given.

Process Questions:

1. How do the aspects of the social environment have affected your nutrition?

2. What are the problems akin to human growth and development?

3. Why do eating disorders need to be attended to promptly?

TRANSFER
Activity 4 Performance Task
On a long bond paper, make a nutritional guideline for adolescents. There should be drawings
and explanations. Be creative. You will be graded based on the rubric given.

Activity 4 Rubric
Category 4 3 2 1
Content Facts The project content The project content is The project content is The project content
is exemplary and good and suggests the fair/poor and suggests is poor and
suggests the youth youth has discovered most of the important suggests sufficient
has discovered the most of the important facts were not research has not
important ideas of facts of his/her topic. discovered. been done.
his/her topic.
Images All images are All images are Some images are Too few images
effective effective, but there effective. are used to be an
appear to be too few, effective
too many, or some presentation.
that are irrelevant.
Style & The display is The display is Some parts of the The display is
Organization interesting and interesting and display are uninteresting, not
attractive. Materials attractive. Materials interesting. Some tidy. Materials are
are complete and are complete and well materials are incomplete and not
organized to organized. The complete but lack organized. The
present the ideas presentation has organization. The presentation has
well. sequence and plans presentation has some no sequence or
evident. sequence and plans plans evident.
evident.
Knowledge The output The output The output The output
demonstrates a demonstrates good demonstrates some demonstrates very
thorough knowledge of the knowledge of the little knowledge of
knowledge of the subject Investigated. subject investigated. the subject
subject investigated.
investigated.