FCOS 401 — Life Cycle Nutrition and Meal Management
Family and Consumer Sciences · University of Ghana
Nutritional requirements and food needs of individuals at varying physiological stages in the life cycle (infancy throughout the ageing years); Meal management goals and techniques of planning balanced diets to meet the food and nutritional needs of different individuals are taught. The student has opportunity to put theory into practice in the diet laboratory by applying meal management principles to plan and serve appetizing, sufficient and affordable meals for all family members using local food items. The use of underutilized nutrient-dense local foods is emphasized. The student is taught how to analyze nutritional compositions of meals and how to evaluate the nutritional adequacy of diets and organoleptic qualities of meals.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 400
- Semester
- Semester One
Other courses on this programme
- FCOS 400 — Research Project
- FCOS 402 — Textiles & Apparel Policies
- FCOS 403 — Apparel Design and Production
- FCOS 404 — Current Issues in Foods and Nutrition
- FCOS 405 — Extension Theory
- FCOS 406 — Extension Practical
- FCOS 407 — Management of Household Tools & Appliances.
- FCOS 408 — Family Resource Management Practicum
- FCOS 409 — Child Assessment and Evaluation
- FCOS 412 — Policy Perspectives in Child Studies
- FCOS 414 — Textiles and Clothing Maintenance.
- FCOS 416 — Special Topics In Family Resource Management
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 3 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Sciences (2017).