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BALANCED DIET

What is diet?

Diet refers to all the food we eat each day.

Balanced diet

The food that contains the right amounts of the seven

classes to meet the daily requirements of the body.
It is depends on some factors such as age, body size, sex,
occupation, physical activity, climate and state of health.

IMBALANCED DIET

Result in :

I. Malnutrition
II. Deficiency disease

ENERGY VALUE OF FOOD

The amount of energy released from
one gram of a particular type of food.
a.k.a. calorific value
Unit : calories (cal) or joules (J)
1 cal = 4.2 J
Example :
Class of Food Energy values (kJ g 1)
Carbohydrates

17

Proteins

18

Fats

39