Chapter 5: Carbohydrates – Sample Activity

Context

In your home and community, there are many sources of carbohydrates foods. Many times, you end up eating the same type of food prepared in the same way. This makes it so boring. As a result, people develop a dislike for those particular foods.

Support

You are provided with the following: 1. Recipes of preparation of snacks 2. Packaging and marketing tips.

Task

As a learner in the Nutrition and Food Technology class, what unique snacks can you prepare to add variety to meals and avoid wastage of such foods.

Chapter Summary

In this chapter, you have learnt:

• the sources of carbohydrates.
• the functions and characteristics of carbohydrates.
• effects of an imbalanced intake of carbohydrates in the body.
• to make, pack, cost and sell carbohydrate snacks.

End of Chapter Exercise

1. Identify six food products on the Ugandan market that make use of carbohydrate foods.
2. Mention four functions of carbohydrates in our bodies.
3. State three classifications of carbohydrates giving examples in each.