Food, Nutrition, Health and Fitness

P ractical . List signs of good health. Evaluate yourself using the following format. Signs of good health Rating of yourself Satisfactory Normal Below normal .

. . Record your diet for a day. Evaluate each meal in terms of inclusion of the five food groups.

Do you think the diet is balanced? Use the following format to write your response. Meal/menu Inclusion of five food groups Comment on whether meal is balanced/not balanced . Interview members of your family such as your grandmother, mother or aunt to collect information about— (a) food taboos giving reasons why the taboos are followed.

(b) food practices during fasting and festivity from the region of India to which you belong. (c) preparations during fasting. Tabulate the information as follows. Region Occasion (nature of fast) Preparation Nutrients present Give two inferences on the basis of the information tabulated.