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Unit 3 Nutrition Education Introduction Nutrition Education We need healthy food daily to grow well, work and stay healthy. Many common diseases occur because we either do not eat the kinds of food that our bodies need or do not eat enough of it. A person may be malnourished or poorly nourished because he or she does not eat the right foods or does not eat enough of the right foods. A healthy diet is especially important for growing children, pregnant and or lactating women or people recovering from sickness. In this unit you will learn about food, good nutrition and components of a balanced or healthy diet. Unit Objectives Unit Topics By the end of this unit participants should be able to: 1. Explain the importance of nutrition to our health 2. Describe the components of a healthy diet 3. Explain how the volunteer can work in his/her community to improve nutrition Keywords and phrases: protective food, body-building food, energy-giving foods, balanced diet. Topic 1 Concept of nutrition 1. Concept of Nutrition 2. Components of a healthy diet 3. Main Foods and Helper Foods Nutrition is the study of the use of foods by the human body for the purposes of growth, repair and work. Food provides the body with energy to work, move, and keep it warm. Also, food provides the minerals and other substances required by the body for growth, repair, reproduction, and fighting diseases. Thus, nutrition is very important in understanding how food affects human health and development and how it can prevent food-related diseases. Figure 4.3.1 The food groups Protective Foods Growth Foods or Body Building Foods Milk Milk 199 Energy Giving Foods • •••
Module 4 The work of <strong>Community</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Volunteers Topic 2 Components of a healthy diet 200 Everywhere in the world, people eat the foods that are common in their community. Though the diets may be different, these foods contain certain common basic nutrients. These nutrients are proteins, fats, carbohydrates, micronutrients, vitamins, water and roughage (Box 4.3.1). A healthy or balanced diet is a meal which consists of a mixture of these basic food nutrients in the right proportions. Many people do not eat the right food in the right combination. This is not because they don’t have the food, but it is often because they do not know the right combination of foods to get a healthy diet. Poor diets and poor food choices expose the body to attacks by diseases. Exercise 4.3.1 Objective 1. To discuss the food groups and plan a balanced diet with a common combination of food in your community Time: 5 minutes Questions 1. What are the common foods in Ghana? 2. What are the main food ingredients and their food nutrients? 3. What common combination of food in your community constitutes a balanced/healthy diet? Box 4.3.1: The seven food groups Instructions to the Facilitator 1. Lead participant in brainstorming common foods eaten in our communities and the nutrients they contain. 2. Help them to identify a balanced/healthy diet with locally available foods. 1. Proteins or body building materials (meat, fish, milk, egg, chicken, groundnuts, snails, soyabean, legumes (beans) 2. Fat which are energy giving foods (oils, fats) 3. Carbohydrates which are energy giving foods (cassava, yam, plantain, cocoyam, rice, etc) 4. Micronutrients which repair the body (iodated salts) 5. Vitamins that aid in the absorption of foods (fruits, okra, garden eggs, green leafy vegetables) 6. Water which lubricates the body cells (fruits and leaves e.g. kontomire or cocoyam leaf) 7. Roughage which helps in digesting the food we eat.
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