NUTRITIONOng Wee Koon DanielTee Ming Yi

Balanced diet carbohydrate,

protein, fat, vitamins, minerals salts and fibre in the correct proportions

Carbohydrates most important source of energy obtain most of our carbohydrate in the

form of starch

Starch Glucose

Used by tissues

Respiration

Protein required for growth and repair

Proteins Amino acids

Absorbed by the blood

Fats used as a source

of energy Insulation

Vitamin C: needed for your body to repair itself

synthesis of collagen

Vitamion D: regulates the calcium and phosphorus levels in the blood

Vitamins (C & D)

Mineral salts Calcium: required

for healthy teeth, bones and muscles

proper functioning of muscles and nerves

Helps clot blood

Iron: required to make haemoglobin

essential component of proteins involved in oxygen transport

Deficiency of nutrients Vitamin C scurvy

bleeding gums poor wound healing Anemia impaired bone growth.

Vitamin D Rickets

Bow-legs and knock-knees

Deficiency of nutrients Calcium

Rickets Iron

Anaemia Haemoglobin level drops

From survey…

Serving of meat eaten

No. of students

No. of students

Serving of veg

No. of students

No. of students

Serving of tofu and dairy products

Improvements Targeted at the chicken rice stall. Needs to provide students with more variety other than only chicken

and other stuff like fried eggs.

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vitamins/vitaminC/ http://www.purchon.com/biology/

diet.htm#carbohydrates http://dietary-supplements.info.nih.gov/

factsheets/iron.asp http://www.calciuminfo.com/ http://recipes.howstuffworks.com/vitamin-

c-deficiency.htm