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Kitchen Equipment And Their Uses
Cooking Area Work Centres
The basic cooking area provides for the proper environment and storage of all elements crucial for meal handling and preparation. Each work centre should offer effective working conditions for its designated functions. The various activities involved in meal preparation from…
The Uses of Foods And Food Substances In Cookery
Most recipes for cooking methods such as baking likely need the usage of a binding agent or a thickener. Binding agents are substances that prevent a mixture from separating or dispersing. They hold the mixture together. They include eggs, corn…
Nutrition Education And Nutrition Counselling
Nutrition counselling also referred to as nutritional therapy/dietary counselling involves working one-on-one with a nutrition specialist or dietitian. It involves the reception of individualized nutrition advice and management to mentor you achieve your nutrition and health objectives: weight management, cardio-metabolic…
Nutrition For Adolescents
Adolescence is a critical life stage marked by rapid growth that involves physical and psychosocial development, hormonal and metabolic changes and body composition increase, which are all impactive on future health. Puberty is also a period important in the establishment…
Nutrition For School-Age Children
Children between 5-12 years are growing rapidly hence they have increased nutrient requirements. Variety is important for this age group. Prepare foods in an appealing way by including different colours and tastes. Children at this age can be picky about…
Nutrition For Children Below 5 Years
Children 2-5 years have high nutrient requirements due to rapid growth. By this time, they eat at the table with other family members. Therefore, caregivers should teach their children to eat nutritious foods by themselves eating those nutritious foods since…
Nutrition for Children 6-24 Months
At 6-24 months, it is recommended that complementary feeding be practiced alongside breastfeeding. You should introduce foods gradually-one at a time, and then wait about 3 days before you introduce another new food. This will help you identify potential foods…
Reasons Why Women Do Not Exclusively Breastfeed
Despite women’s knowledge on the protective effects of breastfeeding on children and themselves, they do not essentially parallel breastfeeding initiation and continuation past the immediate post-delivery period. This is resultantly from a variety of reasons related to: Convenience –infant formulas…