Third Term Home Economics Lesson Note for JSS1

HEALTHY FEEDING AND EATING PRACTICES

CONTENT

Meaning of Feeding/Eating Habits
Importance of Healthy Feeding Habit
Healthy Feeding and Eating Practices

Meaning of Feeding/Eating Habits

Feeding or eating habit means everyday pattern of eating.

Healthy feeding practices include eating adequate diet, use foods in season, etc.

A healthy feeding habit results from choosing nutritious food in a conscious way.

Importance of Healthy Feeding Habit

Healthy feeding and eating practices will help you to achieve the following:

Healthy feeding and eating practices will make you look and feel better.
It will help you have a body that is better equipped to heal fast and properly when attacked by diseases than a poorly nourished one.
It will give you more energy.
It will help prevent diseases later in life.

Healthy Feeding and Eating Practices

Healthy feeding and eating practices include the following:

Eat adequate meals daily with plenty of water at the appropriate time.
Eat foods with plenty of green vegetables.
Do not eat too much or too little.
Eat food from all the classes of food.
Do not eat foods that contain too much sugar, salt and fats & oil.
Do not take soft drinks in place of food.
Use foods in season.

EVALUATION

Define healthy feeding habits.
Mention four importance of healthy feeding habits.
Outline five healthy feeding practices.

HEALTHY FEEDING AND EATING HABITS

CONTENT

Table Manners

Table Manners

Table manners are the behaviour we observe while eating at the table.

Sit upright at the dining table when eating.
Always wash your hands before and after meals.
Do not hurry over meals.
When eating, take just enough food that can easily go into your mouth.
Chew your food properly.
Do not talk with food in your mouth.
Close the mouth when chewing the food.
Never use the knife to put food into your mouth
Avoid picking your teeth with your finger nails, rather, use tooth pick
Do not stretch your hand over someone’s food in order to reach for salt, water etc.

EVALUATION

Enumerate ten table manners.

EFFECTS OF UNHEALTHY FEEDING PRACTICES

Unhealthy feeding habit results from making poor food choice over a period of time.

Stomach ache
Occurrence of some disorders in the body. E.g. marasmus, kwashiorkor and obesity.
Stunted growth.
Irregular eating practice.
Poor mental development.

EVALUATION

Mention four effects of unhealthy feeding practices.

FOOD ADDITIVES

CONTENT

Meaning of Food Additives
Uses of Food Additives

Meaning of Food Additives

Food additives are substances deliberately added to food to improve the appearance, colour, texture, flavor, nutritive values, aroma and taste, and also to preserve the food. E.g. monosodium, glutamate, lecithin, diglycerides, ascorbic acid, sodium benzoate, etc.