Home Economics is a new subject to all the sec one students. Majority of them thought that 'Home Economics is just Cooking & eating food.'
Besides expecttation, I 'm making sure that understand Home Economics is not only cooking & eating but to learn about Nutritive Value of food; what happens when heat applied to food; cooking is to maintain as much nutrients as we can for dishes we consume.
To eat healthily is very important. That’s why we have observed HDP (Healthy Diet Pyramid).
That is the guidelines provided by the Health Promotion Board: to eat 5 to 7 servings of rice and alternatives, 2 to 3 servings of meat and alternnatives, for fruits & vegetables (2 servings each) per day.
"Oh! there are so many things to learn!"
"Don't worry, you will learn them one by one. OK. And to keep us healthy, we have to......."
We learn, we learn together!! Keep it up! Be positive, we will be happy!!