Those who agree with me “HEALTH IS THE REAL WEALTH” do know the importance of good nutrition for maintaining good health. A healthy balanced diet improves our energy level to enjoy our work and ourselves. A good diet improves our immunity system ensuring fewer infections and other illness. This “Family Nutrition Guide” is provided by FAO “Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Organization” is an excellent source of rich information for every family in the developing countries.

Eating well is vital for a healthy and active life. Most people know that we need to eat in order to have the strength to work. However, not everybody has a clear idea about precisely what it means to eat well and how this can be achieved with limited resources. The problem of eating well with limited resources is a particularly important one for many people in developing countries.

Poverty is a major cause of the nutritional problems found in developing countries. But malnutrition also exists where people are not poor and where they can get enough to eat. This is clearly evident in the fact that there are two – quite opposite – main types of malnutrition. The first type is the result of insufficient intake of good-quality and safe foods. The second type is caused by an excessive or unbalanced intake of food or certain types of food. Both can be prevented by an adequate or healthy, balanced diet.

To be well nourished, families need sufficient resources to produce and/or purchase enough food. They also need to understand which combination of foods make a healthy diet and they need the skills and motivation to make good decisions on family care and feeding practices.

I would like to share with you about a free nutrition guide which I came across while browsing on the net. This guide is for everyone who wants to improve the feeding and nutrition of families in developing countries. It is for you if you are a health worker, nutritionist, agricultural extension worker or any other kind of development worker. It is for you if you are a member of a community group or a mother or other caregiver who wants to know more about family feeding. It might also be useful to anyone training health staff and community workers.

This FREE guide comes from FAO “Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations”. The topics covered by this excellent guide are:

TOPIC 1. WHY WE NEED TO EAT WELL

TOPIC 2. GETTING ENOUGH FOOD

TOPIC 3. MAKING GOOD FAMILY MEALS

TOPIC 4. KEEPING FOOD SAFE AND CLEAN

TOPIC 5. FOOD AND CARE FOR WOMEN

TOPIC 6. FEEDING BABIES AGED 0-6 MONTHS

TOPIC 7. FEEDING YOUNG CHILDREN AGED OVER SIX MONTHS

TOPIC 8. FEEDING SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN AND YOUTHS

TOPIC 9. FEEDING MEN AND OLD PEOPLE

TOPIC 10. FEEDING SICK PEOPLE

TOPIC 11. PREVENTING AND MANAGING MALNUTRITION

Download the Family Nutrition Guide

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