Growth and Food Needs

Grade-3EVS

Learning Objectives

In this lesson we will learn about

• Requirement of food according to the age

Growth and Food Needs

IntroductionGrowth and Food Needs

•Different people eat different amounts of food.

• The amount of food and type of food consumed by a person depends upon gender, age, occupation and physical activity of a person.

• From birth till four months of age, small babies take milk. Only milk is able to fulfill their body needs.

Infant FoodGrowth and Food Needs

• A child of around six months of age is given milk, soft pieces of fruits and semi solid foods .

Growth and Food Needs

Growth and Food Needs

• Growing children need to eat proper amounts of a balanced diet. This diet can include chappatis, rice, vegetables, dal, dosa, idli, utpam, sambhar, fruits and milk.

Growth and Food Needs

• Old age people prefer to eat easily digestible simple food

Growth and Food Needs

• People, who do hard physical labour eat more chappatis and rice, as compared to those who do their work while sitting in an office

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