<h1><strong>HEALTHY FEEDING AND EATING PRACTICES</strong></h1> CONTENT <ol> <li>Meaning of Feeding/Eating Habits</li> <li>Importance of Healthy Feeding Habit</li> <li>Healthy Feeding and Eating Practices</li> </ol>   <h2><strong>Meaning of Feeding/Eating Habits</strong></h2> Feeding or eating habit means everyday pattern of eating. <strong>Healthy feeding practices </strong>include eating adequate diet, use foods in season, etc. A healthy feeding habit results from choosing nutritious food in a conscious way. <br> <h2><strong>Importance of Healthy Feeding Habit</strong></h2> Healthy feeding and eating practices will help you to achieve the following:

<h1><strong>HEALTHY FEEDING AND EATING HABITS</strong></h1> CONTENT <ol> <li>Table Manners</li> </ol> <br> <h2><strong>Table Manners</strong></h2> Table manners are the behaviour we observe while eating at the table. <ol> <li>Sit upright at the dining table when eating.</li> <li>Always wash your hands before and after meals.</li> <li>Do not hurry over meals.</li>

<h1><strong>EFFECTS OF UNHEALTHY FEEDING PRACTICES</strong></h1> Unhealthy feeding habit results from making poor food choice over a period of time. <ol> <li>Stomach ache</li> <li>Occurrence of some disorders in the body. E.g. marasmus, kwashiorkor and obesity.</li>

<h1><strong>FOOD ADDITIVES</strong></h1> CONTENT <ol> <li>Meaning of Food Additives</li> <li>Uses of Food Additives</li> </ol>   <h2><strong>Meaning of Food Additives</strong></h2> Food additives are substances deliberately added to food to improve the appearance, colour, texture, flavor, nutritive values, aroma and taste, and also to preserve the food. E.g. monosodium, glutamate, lecithin, diglycerides, ascorbic acid, sodium benzoate, etc. <img class="size-full wp-image-37626 aligncenter" src="https://classhall.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/food-additives.jpg" alt="Food additives" width="500" height="333" /> <br>

<h1><strong>FOOD CONTAMINANTS</strong></h1> CONTENT <ol> <li>Meaning of Food Contaminants</li> <li>Harmful Substances that Should Not be Consumed</li> </ol>   <h2><strong>Meaning of Food Contaminants</strong></h2> Food contaminants are substances added intentionally or unintentionally to the food that makes it unfit for human consumption, such as animal droppings, biocides, disease causing microorganisms or insects, dust, pests, and other foreign bodies or impurities.

<h1><strong>MEANING AND EFFECTS OF DRUG ABUSE IN THE BODY</strong></h1> CONTENT <ol> <li>Meaning of Drug Abuse</li> <li>Effects of Drug Abuse in the Body</li> </ol>   <h2><strong>Meaning of Drug Abuse</strong></h2> Drugs are different types of substances which may be used to improve health or damage it. Drugs are of two kinds; <ol> <li>Those that are used to improve health which are legal and usually prescribed by a medical doctor.</li> <li>Those which can damage our health, called hard drugs. They are illegal and harmful to health. These are kola nuts, tobacco, alcohol, Indian-hemp, cocaine and heroin, etc.</li> </ol> <img class="size-full wp-image-37633 aligncenter" src="https://classhall.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/drug-abuse-1.jpg" alt="Meaning and Effects of Drug Abuse in the Body" width="648" height="169" />