Home Science Chapter 12 Planning Meal For The Family Meal Planning For Infants

1. Biological determinants such as hunger, appetite and taste.
2. Economic determinants such as cost, income, availability, etc.
3. social and cultural determinants such as culture, family, peer and meal patterns.
4. Psychological determinants such as mood, stress, etc.

1. Control of the food budget.
2. Variety is added in different meals which add colour, taste and flavour of food.
3. Helps to save time, money and energy.
4. It helps to consider likes and dislikes of all family members.
5. Meet nutritional requirements of family members.

The food of the family gets influenced by:

Religion: Vegetarian, Jains will not select onion, garlic, meat and etc.
Age: Adolescents need more protein calcium and iron.
Sex: More quantity of food should be given for satiety.
Region: Food items are selected on the basis of local availability.

Factors which affect meal planning:

The economic condition of the family: Family will buy food depending upon their economic conditons.

Occupation: Depends on the physical work done by the members. A sedentary worker needs fewer calories as compared to a heavy worker.

Individual preference: People have their own preferences for particular foods. Before making the meals the meals nutritious and balanced it is more important to plan meals which are palatable and acceptable by the family members. For example, someone does not like an egg then banana can be given instead of it.

Alternative Solutions for this problem are:

1. Buy normal products instead of brand.
2. She should do her household chores herself.
3. Use public transport instead of private auto or cab, these are much affordable the others transport.
4. She should have to the ability to bargain prices of things she purchases.
5. She should spend money judiciously and manage family finances intelligently.
6. If the extra room is available, that can be given on rent.
7. Try to save electricity bills by switching off unused lights, fans and etc.
8. She should use their own skills for cleaning cloths, stitch clothes, iron, and etc.

Suggestions to cope with her new responsibilities at home.

1. She should be open to new ideas of the family such as try to understand other’s point of view.
2. She should learn to adjust her habits of sleeping, eating etc.
3. She should accept others as they are.
4. She should learn to manage household chores, time, money and energy.

i) Consistency
Give liquid diet (e.g. dal soup)
Semi solid/ soft diets (e.g. custard, khichri)

ii) Cooking method –
steaming/
blanching/
stewing
e.g.- mixed vegetable,idlis

i)Religion:Due to their religion they may abstain from eating certain foods. For example Jains’ do not eat onions and garlic, Muslims eat halal meat and do not eat pork, Hindus do not eat beef.

ii) Individual Preferences: They may change the form of food, according to likes and dislikes – if a person does not like the egg then they may be given banana or any other food item.

Analysis: Food is not suitable for her keeping in mind her stage. It is a fried dish which may cause chemical irritation in Gastrointestinal track.

Modification:

Pakora: Besan chilla with spinach, paneer added in it as stuffing.

Imli Chutney: Mint, chutney, coriander chutney, groundnut or coconut chutney adds more Vitamin A and iron.

Reasons: 

1. Leafy vegetables contain vitamin A and iron.
2. Paneer adds protein and calcium.
3. sprouts provide protein, B- complex vitamins and Vitamin C.
4. Mint and folic acid, required for regeneration of blood cells. 
5. Corriander contain Vitamin A, Calcium and iron.

Meal Planning: To provide daily nutritional requirements to all the family members at an appropriate time is called meal planning.

Reasons for meal planning:

1. Helps to plan low-cost foods.
2. Helps to plan nutritional meals.
3. Helps to plan the variety of meals.
4. ensures. enough satiety in meals
5. Helps to plan attractive meals.

Points to be considered for infants meal:

1. It should be light and digestible.
2. Blant properly
3. It should have no spices
4. No lumps.
5. It should be of running consistency and variety in colours.