BEC 122;FOOD AND NUTRITION NOTES

Institution Mt Kenya university
Course Bachelor in Educaton...
Year 1st Year
Semester Unknown
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This course entails definition of terms related to food and nutrition, Sources of food and their nutritional values, nutritional requirements for infants and young children, importance of breastfeeding, forms of breastfeeding, weaning, nutritional deficiency diseases, causes, prevention and treatment. Methods of cooking and food hygiene, impact of food habits, taboos and food consumption patterns on nutrition. Food preservation and storage. Food fads.
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