Supplementary feeding programmes and Nutrient Deficiency Programmes

Adulteration and Food Contamination

Visit your nearby market and select eggs, milk, fish, any fats and oil and cereal. Look for the physical appearance and state what points you will keep in mind while purchasing these foods. Write them in given format.

Observe the food handling and food preparation methods used at your home. Enlist any Five measures adopted to i) Avoid food wastage, and ii) Minimize and prevent nutrient losses while preparing food.

Based on the steps involved in planning balanced diet, prepare a diet for an adolescent girl belonging to low socio-economic group. 

Prepare any ONE supplementary foods for preschool children (2-6 years) and One nutritious snack for lactating mothers. Justify your answer highlighting the following:

i) Name of the recipe

ii) List of ingredients

iii) Method of preparation

iv) Nutritional composition

What is a menu? Give its relevance in a food service Unit

Explain any one anthropometric method and one dietary assessment method to assess nutritional status of an individual and population groups.

Enlist the clinical features and elaborate the preventive measures to combat

a) IDD and

b) PEM

What is food preservation? Briefly explain home based food preservation methods and their principles.

Enlist the physiological changes occurring in pregnancy. Explain how they influence the nutrient needs during pregnancy, giving the nutrient requirements.

Briefly discuss different factors which influence meal planning

Give the role of calcium in our body.

What are the different factors which influence iron absorption in our body? Elaborate

Write the functions and sources of Vitamin A in our diet

Enlist the functions of ‘Water’ in our body.

What do you understand by the term non-available carbohydrate? Give its sources and functions.

Define the terms Nutrition and Health

Collect three different samples ( packed and loose both ) of milk, turmeric, yellow dal and coffee powder and carry out simple tests to detect adulteration at home (Refer to DART Book (fssai.gov.in).
Record your observations in the following format:

Prepare a plan for a model kitchen garden. Give details of different fruits and vegetables which can be grown in the summer season