A-level curriculum matching

The topics covered by 'Big Picture on Obesity' are particularly relevant to the following subjects:

Biology and human biology, for example

• Diet- e.g. energy requirements, relative energy values of carbohydrates, lipids and protein as respiratory substrates
• Exercise - e.g. basal metabolic index, benefits of exercise for the body
• Health - e.g. health as more than the absence of disease, heart disease, diabetes and mental health problems
• Moral, ethical, social, cultural and other issues raised by developments in biomedical understanding and technologies.

Sociology, for example

• Health and illness as social and biological constructs
• The unequal social distribution of health and illness
• The role of medicine
• The roles and responsibilities of schools and education
• Implications of technological changes and their impact on individuals, organisations and society.

Sport and physical education, for example

• Socio-cultural and historical effects on participation in physical activity, e.g. changes in the nature, rationale and priority given to physical activity and the effects of these developments on programmes, facilities and resources provided by schools and the community.

Personal, social and health education (PSHE) and citizenship, for example

• Roles and responsibilities of individuals, parents, schools, the government and industry to address the increasing levels of obesity in the UK.

The topics covered by this issue of the 'Big Picture' series could also be addressed as a cross-curricular set of lessons or project based on contributions from some or all of these subjects.