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Nutritional needs and meal planning

Course Description: • Theoretical: (Definition of nutritional requirements – Food requirement tables – Study of nutritional requirements for different age groups – Food composition tables and how to use them – The complete meal – The food pyramid – Food groups for planning balanced meals – Using the food exchange system – Calculating an individual's energy requirements – Methods for evaluating meals and nutritional status – Applications in meal planning) • Practical: (Training students on how to use measuring cups and scales in the laboratory – Training students on preparing some meals and calculating their nutrient content using food analysis tables – Planning meals for preschool children, school-aged children, adolescents, young adults, pregnant and lactating women, and the elderly)
Credits: 2
Prerequisites: CNUT210
Objectives of the course :

1. Identify the nutritional needs for different nutrients.
2. Using food requirement tables to identify the adequacy of nutrient intake.
3. Identifying the nutritional needs of different age groups.
4. Knowing how to use the food pyramid and food groups in planning balanced meals.
5. Knowledge of methods for evaluating meals and nutritional status.

Course outputs :

Discuss the factors that affect daily nutritional needs.
2. Planning balanced meals for different age groups.
3. Using the food pyramid in planning balanced meals.
4. Using food component tables to calculate the adequacy of meals.

5. Using food substitution systems in balanced meal planning.

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  • Last updated: 2026-06-14

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