DETAILED LESSON PLAN IN HEALTH 7

MALNUTRITION AND MICRONUTRIENTS DEFICIENCIES

I. OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson, the learners are able to:

a. Identify various sources of information related to malnutrition, including

underweight, overweight/obesity, micronutrient deficiencies, and eating
disorders.
b. Determine the potential impact of common nutritional concerns, such as
underweight, overweight/obesity, micronutrient deficiencies, and eating
disorders, on physical health, mental well-being, and overall development.
c. Apply specific preventive measures regarding nutritional concerns.
II. SUBJECT MATTER:
Understanding the Importance of Nutrition and Healthy Eating Habits.
a. Material Needed
 Educational videos
 PowerPoint Presentation
 Nutritional food models
 Handouts on balanced diets
b. References
Nutrition and Health Studies for Students (pp. 50 - 55)
DepEd Learning Modules https://depedtambayan.net/nutrition-module/
(pp. 10-14)
c. Value Integration
Promote the importance of making informed food choices to support
personal health and well-being, fostering an environment of respect for
diverse eating practices and lifestyles.

III. PROCEDURE

TEACHER’s ACTIVITY STUDENT’s ACTOVITY

A. INTRODUCTION

Good morning Class

Good morning, ma’am, Good morning
classmates. It’s nice to see you today!
Before we proceed, I would like to invite
everyone to stand up for a prayer and I’m
encouraging everyone to follow the body
prayer.
(Start presenting the video body prayer)
(Students will do Body Prayer)
Class, arrange your chairs and pick up
scattered pieces of trash under your chairs. If
you’re done, kindly take your seats.
(They will arrange and pick up trashes
under their chairs)
Attendance Officer, who's absent today?
No one teacher, we are all present today.
Very good class for being all present today.
Class, please read our classroom rules.

(Students will read the classroom rules)

B. MOTIVATION
Before we start our discussion for today,
Let’s play a game, and it’s called “FIX
ME!” try to fix those letters to create a
words. This simple activity will give you a
hint about the topic we will be discussing

today.

I will flash to the screen a set of jumbled

letters, and your task is to fix them to form
the correct word, and the group who will get
the correct answer will give 2 points.

So, I will divide you into four groups:

Row 1 will be the GROUP 1
Row 2 will be the GROUP 2
Row 3 will be the GROUP 3 (Students divide into 4 groups according to
And the last row will be the GROUP 4
 their row)
GROUP 1
GROUP 2
GROUP 3
GROUP 4

Yes ma’am!
Are you ready class?

If I say “Are you ready class?” everybody

will say “ABA SYEMPRE, READY NA ABA SYEMPRE, READY NA KAMI
KAMI”

Can I hear it?

It seems you are all ready lets start!

Here are the first jumbled letters

GROUP 2 MALNUTRITION Ma’am.

What do you think class?

Let us see if your answer is correct.

Very good GROUP 2 you got 2 points. Let

us proceed to the next slide.
Who among the group can get the correct
answer.

Group 3 Ma’am OBESITY

Let see again class

GROUP 3 got the correct answer! Group 3 YEHEY!

Our jumbled words is

GROUP 3 Ma’am OVER NUTRITION

Is it OVER NUTRITION?

Group 3 got the correct answer again!

Next slide is?
 GROUP 1 Ma’am UNDER NUTRITION
Is it UNDER NUTRITION?

GROUP 1 got the correct answer

Our jumbled words is…

(MICRONUTRIENTS) GROUP 3
Let’s see if the Group 3 is correct?

(Students a round of applause)

Very Good everyone, so Group 3 got 6
points while the group 2 is 4 points and
group 1 is got 2 points. Everybody give
yourselves a round of applause.

C. DISCUSSION

The activity that you did a while ago is

related to our topic what we are going to
discuss for today which is all about (Students read the slide presentation)
malnutrition and micronutrient deficiencies.
(Mira raised his hand)

Ma’am when a person gets too little or too

much of a nutrient beyond the required
daily intake.

Class read the meaning of malnutrition.

What is our keyword here in malnutrition?

Yes Mira

Very good Mira.

Now I’m going to show you the two types of

malnutrition.
Ma’am (Daniel raised his hand)

Ma’am based on my observation the left

side is a child is malnourished while the
other side is a child who overweight.
What do you observe in with this picture? Is
there any difference?

Yes Daniel. (Students read the meaning of under

nutrition)

Very good observation Daniel.

The 1st type of malnutrition is Under

nutrition.

(Row 1 read the sign and symptoms)

Everybody read class.

We have a sign and symptoms in under

nutrition

Row 1 kindly read the sign and symptoms

Sign and symptoms

(Row 2 read the Prevention of Under

 Nutrition)

If we have a sign and symptoms of course

we have a prevent the under nutrition

Row 2 kindly read the prevention of under

nutrition.

(Row 3 read the definition of Over

Nutrition)

The next is Over Nutrition

Ma’am (Clara raised her hand)

Ma’am what I’ve seen is the boy who is an

overweight.
Row 3 kindly read the definition of Over
Nutrition.

I have here a example of Over Nutrition

None Ma’am.
What have you seen to the picture?

Yes Clara.

Good answer Clara.

Over nutrition is a form of malnutrition in (Row 1 read the sign and symptoms)
which the intake of nutrients is oversupplied.

Do you have a question in over Nutrition?

Now let’s proceed to the Sign and symptoms

of Over Nutrition.

(All students read the prevention of Over

Nutrition)

(Gia raised her hand)

Ma’am the two types of malnutrition is

OVER NUTRITION and UNDER
NUTRITION.
Kindly read row 1.
Let us proceed to the prevention of Over
Nutrition.

Everybody read the prevention of Over

Nutrition

So, class what is the two types of

malnutrition?

Yes Gia?

Very good answer Ms. Gia!

Let’s proceed to Micronutrient Deficiency

(Row 4 read the Micronutrients)

Ma’am (Mike raised his hand)

Ma’am I think Micronutrient is a minerals

and vitamin that need in your body.

None Ma’am.
Row 4 kindly read the Micronutrient

Do you have any idea about Micronutrients?

Yes Mike.

Very good Mike that’s right.

How about the Micronutrient Deficiencies

do you have any idea?

When we say Micronutrient Deficiencies it

is a condition when our body doesn’t have
enough vitamins and minerals to function
properly.

Now let’s move to the 3 types of

micronutrient deficiency.

(All students read the vitamin a Deficiency)

Iron Deficiency Anemia

We have a Three Common Micronutrient Deficiency
Deficiencies the first one is Iron Deficiency. (picture of iron)

Vitamin A Deficiency And the last is iodine deficiency disorder

(picture of iodine)

(Last row read the Calcium and Vitamin D

Deficiency)
(picture of iodine)
 Ma’am (Dexter raised his hand)

Ma’am the e types of micronutrient

deficiencies are VITAMIN A
DEFICIENCY, IRON DEFICIENCY
ANEMIA and IODINE DEFICIENCY
DISORDER.

Everybody kindly read the Vitamin A

Deficiency

Second is Iron Deficiency Anemia

Deficiency
(picture of iron)

And the last is iodine deficiency disorder

(picture of iodine)

Last row, kindly read the iodine deficiency

disorder
(picture of iodine)

What is the 3 types of micronutrient

deficiencies?

Yes Dexter.

Very good Dexter and that’s all for today, I

hope you’ve learned something from our
discussion while ago.
 D. GENERALIZATION
I know you’ve learned a lot from our
discussion, so I have prepared a “Lucky
Students" If your name flashes on the screen,
you are going to answer my question.

Yes ma’am.

Do you understand Lucky Students?

Without further a do let’s spin the lucky

wheel.

Ma’am the three common micronutrients is

1. Iron deficiency
2. Vitamin A deficiency
3. Calcium and vitamin A deficiency
Mr. Matterig you are the lucky students here
are your question what is the three common
micronutrients deficiencies we’ve discuss
today?

Nice answer Angelo

Let’s spin the wheel again, who is the Ma’am it is a lack of essential in vitamins
second lucky student. and minerals that required to sustain the
needed food in a daily diet.
Mr. Agbayani is the lucky student the
question is what is micronutrients
deficiencies?

What a wonderful answer Mr. Agbayani!

Let’s continue the spin the wheel and who is This lesson is important because it teaches
the lucky students to answer my last us about malnutrition, its causes, effects,
question. and prevention. It helps us understand the
importance of eating the right foods to stay
healthy and avoid diseases.

(Students clap 5x)

Aspurias is the lucky student. Can you share
your insight or thoughts about our lesson
from the beginning up to the end?.

Excellent answer Mr. Aspurias kindly give a

5 clap
E. APPLICATION
Now class, I want you to prepare a sheet of
A4 bond paper and I want you to make a
poster about THEME: "Eat Right, Stay
Bright! A Healthy Plate, A Stronger Fate!"
(Students preparing their materials).
Do you understand class?
Yes, Ma’am.
Rubrics
Criteria Description
Relevance to The poster clearly represents 30%
Theme the theme of proper nutrition
and malnutrition prevention.
Creativity & The design is unique, 25%
Originality innovative, and effectively
captures attention.
Visual Appeal The poster is colorful, well- 20%
 organized, and aesthetically
pleasing.
Clarity of The message is easy to 15%
Message understand, impactful, and
well-integrated with the
visuals.
Neatness & The work is clean, well- 10%
Effort crafted, and shows
dedication.
Total: 100%
F. EVALUATION
Direction: In 1 to 5 Read each question
carefully and choose the letter of the correct
answer. In 6 to 10 write NUTRITION if the
statement is correct and MALNUTRITION
is incorrect!

1. Which of the following best describes

malnutrition?
a. A condition resulting from consuming too
many calories.
b. A condition where a person is not getting
enough of the right food.
c. An illness caused by eating contaminated
food.
d. A temporary state of hunger between
meals.

2. What happens when a person consumes

more food than their body needs?
a. Under Nutrition
b. Over Nutrition
c. Balanced Nutrition
d. Malnutrition

3. What can under nutrition lead to?

a. Weight gain
b. Nutrient deficiencies and diseases
c. Improves energy levels
d. Balanced body weight

4. What is the main cause of obesity?

a. Consuming fewer calories than the body
needs.
b. Eating more food than the body requires.
c. Not drinking enough water
d. having a balanced diet.

5. Which of the following is a potential

consequence of obesity?
a. It may cause heart attack and stroke.
b. Improved cardiovascular health.
c. Better immune function
d. Enhanced muscle strength

6. Obesity occurs when a person eats more

food than the body requires leading to an
excess of body fats.
- NUTRITION
7. Under nutrition occurs when a person
consumes more nutrients than the body
needs, leading to deficiencies and diseases.
- MALNUTRITION
8. Malnutrition is a condition where a person
is not getting enough of the right food.
- NUTRITION
9. Under nutrition can lead to diseases and
nutrients deficiencies.
-MALNUTRITION
10. Obesity is caused by consuming fewer
calories than the body needs.
- NUTRITION
ANSWER KEY:
1. B
2. B
3. B
4. A
5. A
6. NUTRITION
7. MALNUTRITION
8. NUTRITION
9. MALNUTRITION
10. NUTRITION

IV. ASSIGNMENT
Make a slogan about on how to prevent
malnutrition on 1/8 illustration board.

Here’s the rubrics:

Criteria Here’s the rubrics:
 Relevance to theme 15 Criteria
Creativity & Originality 40 Relevance to theme 15
Clarity of message 15 Creativity & Originality 40
Visual presentation 5 Clarity of message 15
Effort & Neatness 25 Visual presentation 5
Total: 100 Effort & Neatness 25

Goodbye class!
Goodbye Ma’am, Goodbye classmate!

TUPPIL, RUSSEL T.