Assignment Brief
Qualification:
Unit(s) covered:
Assessor:
Skills for Employment and Further Learning (QCF)
Healthy Living L2 (Y/504/8266)
Assignment Title:
Being Healthy
Why are we doing this?
According to reports in 2013, the UK is in danger of surpassing predictions that half of the
population will be obese by 2050. Knowledge of what makes up a healthy lifestyle will give you
the facts you need to ensure that you are being healthy.
Task
To complete this assignment you will need to:
Task
Leaflet
Do
Write an information leaflet that could be used
to promote a healthy lifestyle to young adults.
Your leaflet needs to:
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Plan
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Assessment
Criteria
Word
processed
leaflet
1.1, 1.2, 1.3,
3.1, 4.1, 4.2,
5.1, 5.2, 5.3,
5.4
Action
Plan
2.1, 3.2, 3.3,
6.1, 6.2
Tracking
on action
plan
2.2
Explain the term ‘personal fitness’
Compare the advantages and disadvantages of
different activities used to improve personal
fitness
Explain the principles of healthy eating
Explain the reasons for personal hygiene
Explain the reasons for good grooming
Describe methods of contraception
Explain the need for sexual responsibility in
personal relationships
Identify sexually transmitted diseases
Explain the cause and consequences of identified
sexually transmitted diseases
Now you have good background knowledge in
healthy lifestyles, you need to devise an action
plan for yourself to give you a healthy lifestyle.
You must access information from agencies to
support your action plan. The plan must have
achievable deadlines, both short term and long
term and must cover:
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Type of
Evidence
Date
Achieved
Evidence
Location
A programme of personal exercise to improve
your own lifestyle in relation to weight, health
and age. List the types of information you have
used
Choices for nutritionally balanced meals that you
should eat with reasons for your choices
Review You must implement your plan and record your
progress against your short term goals, checking
to see how suitable the goals are.
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Unit Title:
Unit Level:
Unit Credit Value:
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Unique Reference Number:
Healthy Living
Two
3
24
HJ1/2/EA/008
Y/504/8266
This unit has 6 learning outcomes
LEARNING OUTCOMES
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
The learner will:
The learner can:
1. Know about personal fitness
1.1. Explain the term ‘personal fitness’
1.2. Describe the advantages of different
activities in relation to personal fitness
1.3. Describe the disadvantages of different
activities in relation to personal fitness
2. Be able to develop a personal exercise
programme to improve own healthy
lifestyle
2.1. Develop a programme of personal
exercise to improve own healthy lifestyle
2.2. Record own progress
3. Know about the role of a balanced diet in
promoting good health
3.1. Explain the principles of healthy eating
3.2. Design nutritionally balanced meals for self
3.3. Give the reasons for choice of the meals
4. Know about the importance of personal
hygiene and grooming
4.1. Explain the reasons for personal hygiene
4.2 Explain the reasons for good grooming
5. Understand the issues of sex education
and contraception
5.1. Describe methods of contraception
5.2. Explain the need for sexual responsibility
in personal relationships
5.3. Identify sexually transmitted diseases
5.4. Explain the cause and consequences of
identified sexually transmitted diseases
6. Be able to take responsibility for own
health and lifestyle
6.1. Devise an action plan for a healthy lifestyle
6.2. Access information from agencies to
support own action plan
Learning Outcome 2
2.1 Programme of personal exercise: in relation to own weight, health and age.
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