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Chapter
Good nutrition

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Introduction

Good nutrition is important for the body to stay healthy,
active, and perform its functions optimally. A person with
good nutrition can participate in various activities including
economic and social, thus, may raise his or her standard of
living. In this chapter, students will learn about the concept
of good nutrition, the determinants of good nutrition for
promoting overall health and wellbeing of individuals and
intra-household food distribution. The competences developed
will enable students to address the factors influencing good
nutrition. Furthermore, they will be able to provide nutrition
education to the community members on how to deal with
factors influencing achievement of good nutrition for overall
health and wellbeing.

Students’ activities

(a) Describing the concept of good nutrition.
(b) Explaining the determinants of good nutrition.

(c) Explain the way intra-household food distribution influence
nutrition status of individuals.
Teaching and learning resources

A chart showing determinants of good nutrition, charts for different
combination of foods, dietary guidelines, food pyramids, charts for
a healthy plate, chart showing health eating tips.

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