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Topic 3 Food Groups Nutrition Education Foods can be grouped into three: energy-giving foods, body-building foods, and protective foods. Energy-giving foods burn in the body and provide us with energy for moving, sleeping, working, etc. Body-building foods provide nutrients for building the muscle, bone, skin, brain and hair. Protective foods are vitamins and minerals: they protect our eye, skin etc. from infection and disease. Figure 4.3.2 A malnourished child. What can a community do in a situation like this? In many parts of the world, most people eat one main low-cost, carbohydrate meal with almost every meal. This is called the main meal. Depending on the country or region, this may be rice, maize, millet, wheat, cassava or plantain. However, the main food alone is not enough to keep a person healthy. Certain foods are also needed, especially in growing children, pregnant women, breast-feeding mothers, or people recovering from sickness. These are referred to as protective and body-building foods. Adults and children should eat from all the three groups of food in appropriate quantities to get a balanced diet. If children do not eat from the three groups their bodies do not function properly and they are likely to become malnourished (Figure 4.3.2). 201
oods Module 4 The work of <strong>Community</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Volunteers 202 Protective Foods Protective Foods Growth Foods or Body Building Foods Energy Giving Foods Energy Giving Foods Growth Foods or Body Building Foods Everybody needs a balanced diet! All persons need a balance of the three types of foods, but growing children, adolescents, pregnant women, Milk lactating Milk mothers, and people who are sick need more of the body building and protective foods. Figure 4.3.3 Examples of energy–giving foods Milk Milk •••• Energy Giving Foods Breast milk provides all the nutrients that a growing baby needs. All babies should be breastfed exclusively until they are six months old. Exclusive breastfeeding means that the baby under six months of age should not be given any food or water apart from breastmilk. Box 4.3.2 lists some advantages of breastmilk. Box 4.3.2: Advantages of breast milk Breastmilk is: Milk Milk 1. The natural food for the baby. 2. Clean, because it does not become contaminated by dirty hands, spoons, cups and flies. 3. Protects the baby from infection. 4. Always available and requires no special preparation. 5. Establishes special relationship between mother and the baby. Growth Foods or Body Building Foods •••• ••••
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Preface iv The Community-based Heal
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