Unit 12: Option F — The Geography of Food and Health
Topic 12.1: Measuring food and health Questions
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2023
Outline one reason why obesity rates have risen in high-income countries.
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Outline two human factors that have changed what people eat over the past fifty years.
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2026
Explain two ways gender roles can create differences in health between women and men.
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2019
Using the table, identify whether Africa’s affluent population is projected to rise, fall or stay the same.
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2019
Using the table, identify the region with the most affluent people in 2010.
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2019
Using the table, identify the projected band for sub-Saharan Africa in 2030.
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As a country develops, its disease pattern usually shifts from…
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On a choropleth map of obesity, you read a country's value from…
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2019
The table shows affluent people by region (illustrative figures). Estimate the percentage rise in the total number of affluent people from 2010 to 2030.
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2022
Outline one reason why maternal mortality is high in many low-income countries.
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2023
Using the table, identify the region with the fewest states in the highest band in 2016.
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2019
Using the table, state the region with the second-largest projected increase.
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2020
Outline one component of the global food security index.
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2025
Explain how urbanization can change the type of food people eat.
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2019
Suggest two reasons why diseases linked to diet are spreading in middle-income countries.
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2019
Using the table, estimate Asia’s share of all affluent people in 2030.
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2023
Explain two consequences for society of the disease burden of an ageing population.
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2026
Explain two reasons why health differs between men and women.
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2023
The table summarises obesity maps for states grouped by region. State how many states were in the highest band in 2016.
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Using the table, state how many states in the South were in the highest band in 2016.
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