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Special nutritional needs

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Term: 2nd Term

Week: 10

Class: Senior Secondary School 2

Age: 16 years

Duration: 40 minutes of 2 periods each

Date:       

Subject:      Home management

Topic:-       Special nutritional needs

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:            

  1. Discuss the special nutritional needs of infants, children, adolescents, adults and the aged, pregnant and lactating mothers.

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES: Identification, explanation, questions and answers, demonstration, videos from source

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: Videos, loud speaker, textbook, pictures

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

PERIOD 1-2

PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

STUDENT’S ACTIVITY

STEP 1

INTRODUCTION

The teacher reviews the previous lesson on practical on flours from local food stuffs

Students pay attention

STEP 2

EXPLANATION

She discusses the special nutritional needs of infants, children, adolescents, adults and the aged,

Students pay attention and participates

STEP 3

DEMONSTRATION

She discusses the special nutritional needs of pregnant and lactating mothers.

Students pay attention and participate

STEP 4

NOTE TAKING

The teacher writes a summarized note on the board

The students copy the note in their books

 

NOTE

SPECIAL NUTRITIONAL NEEDS

YOUNG CHILDREN: (Infants 0 – 1 year and toddlers 1-2 years)

Guidelines for providing children’s meal

  1. The food must be rich in protein for body building, energy foods for their activities, minerals and vitamins for vitality.
  2. Their food should be rich in milk, meat, fish, eggs, legumes
  3. Meal times should be regular.
  4. Their food must be cooked by the most easily digested methods
  5. An excessive consumption of sweets and candies that may lead to tooth decay should be avoided.

ADOLESCENTS: Adolescence is the period of rapid growth. The adolescents therefore need proper feeding. They also have increased appetite. Their food should be rich in protein, carbohydrates, minerals and vitamins.

ADOLESCENT GIRLS: they require increased intake of iron. This is to make up for that which they lose monthly during menstruation. Insufficient supply of iron in the girl’s diet can result in anaemia

 

ADULTS: members of the group have reached maturity and stopped growing. They therefore require food for energy and maintenance rather than for growth. An adult’s diet should be balanced, it should also be suitable for his work, age and health. The following are special groups of adults

  1. The Manual worker:they do strenuous jobs such as farming, grass or wood cutting, mining e.t.c. this jobs require expenditure of excess energy. Therefore, they require increased intake of energy foods.
  2. Sedentary worker:Sedentary work is not strenuous. It involves sitting down. E.g. writing, working in office, selling goods in a shop e.tc. They do not require much energy foods in their diet.

 

ELDERLY PEOPLE OR AGED: members of this group are often characterised by reduced physical activity. They therefore need less energy.  This means that the quantity of energy food required by the aged needs to be slightly decreased. Their needs for proteins, vitamins remain unchanged. Their food must be easy to chew and digested.

 

PREGNANT AND LACTATING MOTHERS: They require nutrients such

as calcium, fibre, carbohydrates etc found in fresh fruits and vegetables,

whole grains, nuts, beans, dairy products, and lean meats. 

 

EVALUATION:    1. Discuss the special nutritional needs of

  1. infants and children
  2. adolescents
  3. the adults
  4. the aged
  5. pregnant and lactating mothers

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the students positively