Our Food Habits Introduction As you know how the foods you eat become a part of you and you know how to assess nutritional status. When you carried out dietary evaluation, you must have found some whose food intake was not satisfactory, and needed to be modified. You may have...
Introduction In the Nutrition Through Life Cycle – Adulthood post we have seen about the requirements of adults. You have observed that the requirements vary with occupation. You must have noticed that there are changes in appearance, mental outlook and body functions of people, as they move from adulthood to...
Introduction For practical purposes you can consider adulthood as the period of time beginning from 25 years up to 60 years or more. After 60 years of age, the ageing process quickens. People over 60 are still adults, but they are older adults. As adults, your main concern is to...
Introduction Adolescence is a unique period of dynamic change which you may refer to as “Growing Up“. In this period not only will a boy or girl attain physiological maturity, but the adolescent also becomes increasingly independent and tries to be an adult. This period in an individual’s life lasts...
Introduction In the post Nutrition Through The Life Cycle – Preschool Age we discussed nutritional needs and growth of children after grouping them according to their chronological age. You can also call the school age period as ‘Middle Childhood‘. We cannot clearly define the age limit for the school age...
Introduction Until a child is twelve months old, you call him an infant. After twelve months, we call him a toddler. Preschoolers are children who are below six years of age. Look at children of this age group, i.e., between the ages of one and six. What do you observe?...