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FCOS 401:Life Cycle Nutrition and Meal Management

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Credits: 
3

Nutritional requirements and food needs of individuals at varying physiological stages in the life cycle (infancy throughout the ageing years); Meal management goals and techniques of planning balanced diets to meet the food and nutritional needs of different individuals are taught. The student has opportunity to put theory into practice in the diet laboratory by applying meal management principles to plan and serve appetizing, sufficient and affordable meals for all family members using local food items. The use of underutilized nutrient-dense local foods is emphasized. The student is taught how to analyze nutritional compositions of meals and how to evaluate the nutritional adequacy of diets and organoleptic qualities of meals.