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    EPP 4 Lesson 3 - Meal Planning and Preparation

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    Proper nutrition is important for growth and development, especially for vulnerable groups like children and pregnant/lactating women. The document outlines the importance of nutrition for children, noting rapid growth in the first year requires the right foods. It then classifies the basic food groups into energy/carbohydrate foods, body-building proteins, and protective vitamins and minerals, providing examples. Meal planning can utilize these food groups for balanced, nutritious meals on a limited budget.

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    Proper nutrition is important for growth and development, especially for vulnerable groups like children and pregnant/lactating women. The document outlines the importance of nutrition for children, noting rapid growth in the first year requires the right foods. It then classifies the basic food groups into energy/carbohydrate foods, body-building proteins, and protective vitamins and minerals, providing examples. Meal planning can utilize these food groups for balanced, nutritious meals on a limited budget.

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    Proper nutrition is important for growth and development, especially for vulnerable groups like children and pregnant/lactating women. The document outlines the importance of nutrition for children, noting rapid growth in the first year requires the right foods. It then classifies the basic food groups into energy/carbohydrate foods, body-building proteins, and protective vitamins and minerals, providing examples. Meal planning can utilize these food groups for balanced, nutritious meals on a limited budget.

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    Proper nutrition is necessary for health

    attainment and maintenance, optimal


    growth and development of individuals
    particularly among the vulnerable groups:
    children (infants, pre-schoolers) and women.
    Nutrition for pregnant and lactating women
    should always be emphasized to ensure
    good nutrition during these periods.
    A. IMPORTANCE OF NUTRITION FOR
    CHILDREN

    A child grows and develops more rapidly during the


    first year of life than at any other time. On the
    average, a baby should double his weight by the
    fifth to sixth month and triple it by the end of his
    first year. This rapid growth of bones, muscles and
    tissues can take place only if
    the baby is getting enough
    of the right kinds of food.
    To be more specific, nutrition is important
    because:
    • It helps in the development of the brain, especially
    during the first year of the
    child’s life;
    • It speeds up the growth and
    development of the body
    including the formation of
    teeth and bones;
    • It helps fights infections and diseases;
    • It speeds up the recovery of a sick child; and
    • It provides the child more energy.
    B. BASIC FOOD GROUPS

    1. Classification
    2. Functions
    3. Nutrients
    4. Food Sources
    B. BASIC FOOD GROUPS
    Classification:
    The 3 basic food groups are:
    1. Energy foods (energy-giving) :
    Carbohydrates : wheat, rice, corn, etc.
    Fats or lipids
    2. Body-building foods:
    Proteins : soy, meat, poultry, seafood.
    3. Protective (regulating) foods :-
    Vitamins & Minerals : All fruits and vegetables as well
    as dairy products
    Classification Functions Nutrients Food Sources
    •Body-building or •Help build & repair •Protein Fish, pork, chicken,
    GROW foods body tissues beef, milk, cheese,
    •Develop body butter, kidney,
    resistance to beans, mongo,
    infections peanuts, bean, curd,
    •Supply additional
    shrimp, clams
    energy
    •Body-Regulating •Normal •Vitamins A&C Tiesa, ripe papaya,
    or GLOW foods development of the •Minerals: mongo, guava,
    eyes, skin, hair, •Iodine
    yellow corn, banana,
    bones and teeth orange, squash,
    •Iron
    •Increase carrot
    protection against
    diseases
    •Energy-giving or •Provides enough •Carbohydrates Rice, corn, bread,
    •GO foods energy to make the •fats cassava, sweet
    body strong potato, banana,
    sugar cane, honey,
    lard, cooking oil,
    coconut milk,
    margarine, butter
    The Basic Food Group is a food pattern to help you
    select the right kind of food everyday. It is also a
    guide in planning, selecting and preparing meals
    for the family. It is also called the GROW, GLOW
    and GO foods.
    Guide in meal planning
    Rice with sinigang na karne is a one-dish-meal. Look
    at the ingredients and let us see which food groups
    they belong:
    meat body-building food
    Sitaw body-regulating food
    Kangkong body-regulating food
    Gabi energy-giving food
    Rice energy-giving food
    One-dish-meals are nutritious and are cheaper than
    buying or preparing separated meals and vegetable
    dishes, especially with a limited food budget.

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