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Eating well for good health : lessons on nutrition and healthy diets / by Valeria Menza and Claudia Probart.
ISBN:
9789251076118
Title:
Eating well for good health : lessons on nutrition and healthy diets / by Valeria Menza and Claudia Probart.
Author:
Menza, Valeria, author.
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (xvi, 340 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
Contents:
Topic 1. What it means to be healthy and well-nourished -- Lesson 1: Exploring the meaning of good health and well-being -- Lesson 2: Analysing the conditions that affect nutritional status (Part 1. Fundamental conditions for good nutritional status ; Part 2. Malnutrition: poor nutritional status) -- Lesson 3: Understanding problems of poor nutrition (Part 1. Problems of underlnutrition ; Part 2. Problems from a lack of vitamins and minerals ; Part 3. Problems of "overnutrition") -- Topic 2. What we get from food -- Lesson 4: Learning about carbohydrates, protein and fats (Part 1. Carbohydrates: their functions and good food sources ; Part 2. Protein: its functions and good food sources ; Part 3. Fats: their functions and good food sources) -- Lesson 5: Learning about vitamins and minerals (Part 1. Vitamins: their functions and good food sources ; Part 2. Minerals: their functions and good food sources) -- Topic 3. How to eat well for good health -- Lesson 6: Meeting nutritional needs throughout life (Part 1. Nutritional needs in pregnancy and breastfeeding ; Part 2. Nutritional needs of babies and infants (0-24 months) ; Part 3. Nutritional needs of children 2-10 years ; Part 4. Nutritional needs of adolescents (11-17 years old) ; Part 5. Nutritional needs during illness ; Part 6. Nutritional needs of older people) -- Fact sheet: Nutrition during pregnancy and breastfeeding (mother) -- Fact sheet: Breastfeeding babies (0-6 months) -- Fact sheet: Nutrition of children 6 months -- 2 years -- Fact sheet: Nutrition of school-age children -- Fact sheet: Good nutrition and HIV/AIDS -- Lesson 7: Making good food choices and healthy meals (Part 1. Eating habits and healthy diets ; Part 2. Shopping for good foods) -- Fact sheet: Food-based dietary guidelines -- Fact sheet: Understanding and using food labels -- Lesson 8: Keeping foods safe and nutritious (Part 1. Food quality and safety in the shops, markets and streets ; Part 2. Protecting the quality and safety of food at home) -- Fact sheet: Basic conditions for selling food -- Fact sheet: Choosing good quality foods -- Fact sheet: Prepare and cook food properly -- Fact sheet: Store food properly -- Topic 4. Healthful habits and lifestyles -- Lesson 9: Achieving healthy body size and weight (Part 1. Achieving and maintaining a healthy body size) -- Fact sheet: How is BMI calculated and interpreted? -- Work sheet: Evaluating children's growth and weight Work sheet: Fill in the gaps Work sheet: Calculating energy balance -- Lesson 10: Keeping fit and active (Part 1. Being fit and active) -- Lesson 11: Keeping ourselves, our water and our surroundings clean (Part 1. Personal hygiene: keeping our bodies clean ; Part 2. Clean and safe water ; Part 3. Clean living conditions) -- Fact sheet: Keeping yourself clean and free from germs -- Fact sheet: Basic facts about water -- Fact sheet: Easy ways to make water safe to drink -- Fact sheet: Health problems from unsafe water -- Fact sheet: Basic practices for a clean and safe home -- Fact sheet: Basic practices for a clean and safe community.
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Publication Date:
2013
Publication Information:
Rome :

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,

2013.