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    FOOD Suitable

    for Various Ages


    Guidelines and Knowledge about the principles of food
    intake and healthy eating behavior.
    The Importance of Food and Nutrition

    1. What is the importance of food to our body?

    2. How does food affect our health?

    3. What are the nutrients and health benefits


    we can get in choosing our food intake?
    What is the importance of food to our body?

    1. Food stimulates growth and cell repair.

    2. Food helps build the immune system.

    3. Food produces energy and warmth (metabolic function).

    4. Food helps the proper function of the body’s systems.


    How does food affect our health ?

    - Food enhances our health both physical and mental.

    - Food Improves our fitness ability to do our daily task and


    activities.

    - It helps your brain function and work efficiently.


    What are the nutrients and health benefits we can
    get in choosing our food intake?
    Nutrition
    - Utilization/consumption of chemical substances from the foods
    we eat.
    - The act or the process of eating foods that nourishes our body.
    ❖ Nutrients - chemical substances from the food we eat
    which are beneficial to our health
    What are the nutrients and health benefits we can
    get in choosing our food intake?

    Carbohydrates
    Proteins
    Fats
    Fibre
    Vitamins
    Minerals
    Water
    Foods that give us energy
    Foods that help us to stay healthy
    Foods that help our growth
    Importance of drinking water

    ✓ Carries nutrients

    ✓ Carries oxygen

    ✓ Prevents headache

    ✓ Protects our organ from impact


    Principles of Choosing
    Food Intake
    Bureau of Nutrition, Department of Health, and
    Ministry of Public Health

    Nutritious Consumption according to Dietary Guidelines


    1. Food-Based National Dietary Guidelines
    • Eat a variety of foods from each of the five food groups and maintain a proper weight.

    • Eat adequate amounts of rice or alternate carbohydrate sources.

    • Eat plenty of vegetables and fruits regularly.

    • Eat fish, lean meat, eggs, legumes and pulses regularly.

    • Drink milk of appropriate quality and quantity for one’s age.

    • Eat a diet containing appropriate amounts of fat.

    • Avoid sweet and salty foods.

    • Eat clean and safe foods.

    • Avoid or reduce the consumption of alcoholic beverages.


    2. Nutritional Flag

    The Thai food guide is a


    hanging flag, known as
    ‘the nutrition flag’.
    Recommendations:

    • (i) eat rice, rice products, other grains and


    starchy food groups in abundance;

    • (ii) eat plenty of vegetables and fruits;

    • (iii) eat meat, legumes, eggs and milk


    appropriately;

    • (iv) eat limited amounts of oily, sugary and


    salty foods.
    3. Promotion of Healthy Eating Habit.
    How should we improve our eating habit?

    Don not eat to much


    • Eat wisely Try other kids of nutritious foods
    Choose beneficial and nutritious
    You should know what you are eating
    • Eat sensibly Fruits instead of sweets
    Eat when hungry, because you need it
    Reduce snacks between meals
    • Eat your Breakfast The most important meal
    Water instead of soda
    You will get enough amount of oxygen and energy
    Do not rush eating, chew properly
    Recommendations:

    •10-15 % of Protein
    •40-60 % od Carbohydrates
    •20-30 % Fat
    •2,200-2,800 Kilocalories per day.

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