7. • First 6 months of life – breast feeding
• Weaning starts at 6 months with easily digestible foods
• Include energy rich foods (fats and sugar) for growth and development
of appropriate milestones.
• Pre-adolescents: Energy rich foods, body building and protective
foods (milk, vegetables and fruits). Helps in growth, development and
to fight infections.
• Adolescents: Body building and protective foods. Helps in growth
spurt, maturation and bone development.
14. DEFINITION
A diet consisting of a variety of different types of food and providing
adequate amounts of the nutrients necessary for good health.
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17. Meal planning means to plan a diet observing the principles of
nutrition and keeping in view the individual’s or family’s requirement,
time and financial limitations.
18. Guidelines for Meal Planning
• Food should be in accordance with the requirements of individual or the family.
• Pay attention to special groups like children, pregnant and lactating women,
elderly and the patient.
• Consider time saving in meal planning. Some techniques of time savings are as
under:
Make weekly meal planning
Keep kitchen tidy
Make bulk purchase of food for patients/ individuals
19. Guidelines for Meal Planning contd….
• Variety and attraction should be considered while meal planning.
Variety in meal, increases the acceptability of food.
• Individual likes and dislikes should be considered.
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21. Budgeting the food means, to provide budget for the nutritional
requirements of an individual, a family or a community.
22. Importance of food budget
To decide the expenditure on food in relation to income.
To receive subsidy in food planning.
to raise the health status of the individual or the family by food
budgeting, so as to minimize the spending on disease and treatment.
25. • It is natural phenomenon that a common man cannot spend huge
money on healthy and high nutritious foods, available in the markets.
• Making some changes in the diet and using the knowledge of nutrition,
health conscious persons can avail these low cost meals
26. Examples of exchange food items
• There are so many substitutions for high costly foods. Eg: refined
flour breads can be replaced by whole grain chapattis (made at home).
• Refined white sugar may be substituted by jaggery.
• In place of apple; pomegranates, watermelon, banana, guava, chickoo
can be used.
• While almond and potato can be substituted by groundnut and sweet
potato respectively.
