| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1182826 | Educación Química | 2013 | 4 Pages |
In recent years, obesity and diabetes have been recurring themes in forums and TV news, the high rate of people in Mexico who have any of these conditions have transformed these diseases into epidemics. The incorporation of the competency-based approach as well as activities and assessment products in high school curriculum design has become a challenge. Considering this, we are proposing a series of activities for the Carbohydrates topic in the Biochemistry course in order to help students understand these diseases and suggest preventive measures and solutions, ranging from the design of a diet based on consumer needs and anthropometric characteristics up to the resolution of a real case obtained from clinical daily practice in a clinical laboratory.
