IMPORTANCE AND PRINCIPLES OF MEAL PLANNING FOR FAMILY AND OCCASIONS
MEAL PLANNING
Meal Planning is the making of a plan of meals with adequate nutrition for every member of the
family within the available resources. The term available resources mean whatever the family has in
the terms of time, energy and money.
IMPORTANCE OF MEAL PLANNING
We usually call it our “daily food guide”.
1. Fulfil the nutritional requirements of family members
2. Make the food economical.
3. Cater to the food preferences of individual members.
4. Save energy, time and money.
5. Use leftover food.
PRINCIPLES OF MEAL PLANNING
1. Nutritional Adequacy:
This is the most important factor as for the nutritional requirements of the entire family is fulfilled,
While planning meals food items from various food groups should include energy giving foods, body
building foods and protective and regulating foods.
2. Age:
People normally eat according to their age. The diet of various members of different age groups
differs in quantity, and quality as for the new born diet will surely vary from that of both adults and
older adult.
3. Sex:
sex is another factor which determine the dietary intake. Dietary requirement of adolescent and adult
males are more than their female counterparts.
4. Physical Activity:
The kind of work a person does affects the kind and amount of food they need to take.
The RDA is different for people engaged in different activities as for the labor will need
MEAL PLANNING
Meal Planning is the making of a plan of meals with adequate nutrition for every member of the
family within the available resources. The term available resources mean whatever the family has in
the terms of time, energy and money.
IMPORTANCE OF MEAL PLANNING
We usually call it our “daily food guide”.
1. Fulfil the nutritional requirements of family members
2. Make the food economical.
3. Cater to the food preferences of individual members.
4. Save energy, time and money.
5. Use leftover food.
PRINCIPLES OF MEAL PLANNING
1. Nutritional Adequacy:
This is the most important factor as for the nutritional requirements of the entire family is fulfilled,
While planning meals food items from various food groups should include energy giving foods, body
building foods and protective and regulating foods.
2. Age:
People normally eat according to their age. The diet of various members of different age groups
differs in quantity, and quality as for the new born diet will surely vary from that of both adults and
older adult.
3. Sex:
sex is another factor which determine the dietary intake. Dietary requirement of adolescent and adult
males are more than their female counterparts.
4. Physical Activity:
The kind of work a person does affects the kind and amount of food they need to take.
The RDA is different for people engaged in different activities as for the labor will need
