002 - Nutrition Transition

Activity One - Draw

One of the skills a geographer should have is the ability to draw a simple, annotated diagram. We are going to practice this skill for the first activity.

1. Collect a piece of A4 paper and a set of coloured pens.
2. Draw a diagram to represent the changes in the nutrition transition.
3. Annotate that diagram to help you explain the transition between the stages.

Useful Resource

Harvard - Obesity Prevention

'Our Planet's. Food and Health' textbook by Stephen Codrington Pages 17 - 19

Activity Two - Mind Mapping

To investigate the causes of the disparities in the access that people have to food you are going to complete a mind map. This can either be completed using MindMeister or you can go old school and use paper and coloured pens. You know I like a good coloured pen!

1. In the middle of your page write 'Disparities in access to food'.
2. Mind map the following points:
   • Current situation - location, production, waste and death
   • Subsistence Farming with many crops
   • Traditional Farming methods
   • Poor Storage Facilities
   • Small Dividend Holdings
   • Absentee Landlords
   • Agribusiness
   • High Yielding Varieties of Crop
   • Irrigation
   • Chemical pesticides and fertilisers
   • Mechanical Technology
   • Relative Poverty

Useful Resources