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Food Technology

Diabetes Dilemma

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What the work shows

Jonathon and Ben modified recipes and contributed them to a booklet of recipes for children with diabetes requested by a diabetes specialist. The booklet was checked for user safety by a dietician and presented to the specialist for distribution to families affected by diabetes.

The following sections detail the work, and indicate what was achieved at each stage.

For classroom background and teaching and learning sequence, see The learning context.

Specialist practice, clarifying the need, and developing key criteria Specialist practice, clarifying the need, and developing key criteria
Analysing and modifying existing recipes Analysing and modifying existing recipes
Planning and making Planning and making
Evaluating prototypes Evaluating prototypes
Further modification and presentation Further modification and presentation

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