Challenging questions/ tasks
Subject: Home Science
Date: 01/04/20
Topic: Meal planning for toddlers-supplementary food
1. Students will evaluate the essential details of commercially available Baby food and homemade
natural food using a website and create a review in groups of two.
2. Students will examine the country wise patterns over time in obesity among toddlers using a
website and create a timeline.
3. Students will examine the big idea behind various commercially available Baby food using the
website and create a review. To what degree do these products replace, rather than
complement, the intake of breast milk in children 6-23 months of age?
4. To what degree do commercially-available products consumed by children 6-23 months of age
increase the risk of childhood obesity or chronic disease risk factors?
5. Are commercially-available products nutritionally inferior or superior to home-prepared and/or
local foods, especially with respect to fat content, added sugar and salt, and essential
micronutrients. Do commercially available products provide nutrients that are generally lacking
in the diets of young children?
6. Are the portion sizes of commercially-available products greater than would be appropriate
based on age?
7. Do commercially-available products reduce the risk of stunting, anemia, or micronutrient
deficiencies?
8. How might the following people view commercially available supplementary food
A working mother, an average citizen, a geneticist, a politician, a farmer?
You can refer from the list below.
PubMed
CINAHL plus
EMBASE
Clinicaltrials.gov
Cochrane
Global Health
WHO Global Library
World Health Organization. Global strategy on
infant and young child feeding 2002.
The Journal of nutrition.
AJCN
JAMA
LANCET
European journal of clinical nutrition.
Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and
nutrition
Pediatrics
JADA
(Please note these are question stems. You can develop your own questions based on these or may modify the questions to
suit your purpose)
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