Nutrition and Food Technology

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Nutrition and Food Technology, Nutrition is the process of providing or obtaining the food necessary for health and growth.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this chapter, you will be able to:
a) explain the terms used in Nutrition and Food Technology and value the importance of healthy living.
b) value the feeding habits and practices of different cultures.
c) explain the factors that influence the feeding habits and practices of people.
d) practice personal hygiene.
e) use the different types of cleaning agents correctly.
f) clean different areas of food handling in the home.
g) control household pests.
h) practice personal, food, and kitchen hygiene during meal preparation.
i) appropriately dispose of different types of household refuse.
j) make a compost pit. work in a clean place.

Key Words

• Nutrition
• Food technology
• Food
• Nutrients
• Malnutrition
• Overnutrition
• Undernutrition
• Diet
• Meal
• Food processing
• Food preservation
• Refuse

Your body is like a machine that needs good materials to be able to perform its functions well. These materials are provided by the food you eat.

The food you eat is influenced by your feeding habits. These feeding habits and practices vary from family to family, but also from culture to culture. You should make sure that food is always provided in the right amounts. It is also important to remember that food should be prepared under clean conditions to promote healthy living.

Nutrition and Food Technology will teach you how to make healthy, well-balanced meals safely and hygienically. You will require these skills now and later in life to stay fit and healthy.

Food Technology will also teach you about the development of new food products that could be manufactured and sold to other people. You will use the skills acquired to design creative and original food products.

Meaning of Terms Used in Nutrition and Food Technology Different terms are used and applied in Nutrition and Food Technology.
Activity 1.1: Explaining the following terms as used in Nutrition and Foo
Technology
i) Delicacy
ii) Diet
iii) Food
iv) Food preservation
v) Food processing
vi) Food technology
vii) Hygiene
viii) Malnutrition
ix) Meal
x) Nutrients
xi) Nutrition
xii) Over-nutrition
xiii) Under-nutrition