Question

Good morning, this is Ms Mavis at the elementary school. We are meeting soon to plan our breakfast and lunch program for the school but need some nutritional advice. We want to provide well balance meals but my staff are mostly volunteers and really don’t know much about macro and micro nutrients. What I need is for you to put together a training manual that shows them what nutrients are essential, explain the major nutrients, and give them some examples of how they can be used in appropriate recipes for children. The more pictures of the foods the better. My people are really visual and want to make the food as attractive to children as possible.

Answer 1

Balanced diet for school going children

Food items	Quantity (in grams)
Cereals	300-400
Pulses	45
Leafy vegetables	50
Other vegetables	50
Roots and tubers	30
Milk	250
Fat and oil	40
Sugar and jaggery	45