calculation of balance diet

2. 6.Mrs.Kavitha who is feeding her 2 month old
baby (sedentary), consumes the following diet
Comment on the quantity of the diet.
Food item Quantity
Rice 300 gms
Dal 50 gms
GLV 40 gms
Milk 150 ml

3. Consumption unit for sedentary women: 0.8
Food items Requirement for
sedentary women
(in gms)
Additional
requirement for a
lactating mother
(in gms)
Requirement for
sedentary
lactating women
(in gms)
Cereals and millets 460 x 0.8 = 368 60 428
Pulses 40 x 0.8 = 32 30 62
Green leafy
Vegetables
40 x 0.8 = 32 - 32
Milk 150ml x 0.8 = 120 100 220

4. Food item Diet
Consuming
Requirement
for a
sedentary
lactating
women
Comment
Rice 300 gms 428 Deficit
Dal 50 gms 62 Deficit
GLV 40 gms 32 Adequate
Milk 150 ml 220 Deficit

5. 7. The following is the daily diet of Mrs.kamala
26 yrs (sedentary), delivered 2 months back.
Comment on quantity of the diet.
Food item Quantity
Rice 100 gms
Dal 80gms
GLV 80 gms
Milk 150 ml
Ragi ball 150 gms
Other veg 45 gms
Sugar 20 gms

6. Consumption unit for sedentary women: 0.8
Food items Requirement for
sedentary women
(in gms)
Additional
requirement for a
lactating mother
(in gms)
Requirement for
sedentary
lactating women
(in gms)
Cereals and millets 460 x 0.8 = 368 60 428
Pulses 40 x 0.8 = 32 30 62
Green leafy
vegetables
40 x 0.8 = 32 - 32
Milk 150ml x 0.8 =
120
100 220
Other veg 60 x 0.8 = 48 - 48
Sugar 30 x 0.8 = 24 10 34

7. Food item Diet Consuming Requirement
for a sedentary
lactating
women
Comment
Rice + Ragi
ball
250 gms 428 Deficit
Dal 80 gms 62 Adequate
GLV 80 gms 32 Adequate
Milk 150 ml 220 Deficit
Other veg 45gms 48 Just adequate
Sugar 20gms 34 Deficit

8. 8
Prescribe a balanced diet and mention protein
and energy requirement for a sedentary
lactating mother, who is breast feeding her 5
month old infant.

9. Balanced diet for sedentary lactating women:
Consumption unit for sedentary women: 0.8
Food items Requirement for
sedentary women
(in gms)
Additional
requirement for a
lactating mother
(in gms)
Balanced diet for
sedentary lactating
women (in gms)
Cereals and
millets
460 x 0.8 = 368 60 428
Pulses 40 x 0.8 = 32 30 62
Green leafy
vegetables
40 x 0.8 = 32 - 32
Other vegetables 60 x 0.8 = 48 - 48
Roots and tubers 50 x 0.8 = 40 - 40
Milk 150ml x 0.8 = 120 100 220
Oils and fats 40 x 0.8 = 32 10 42
Sugar and jaggery 30 x 0.8 = 24 10 34

10. • Protein requirement:
• Sedentary women: 50 gm
• Lactating women: 25 gm
• (50+25) : 75 gm/day
Energy requirement: Sedentary women:
2400 x 0.8 = 1920 Kcal
• Lactating women: 550 Kcal
• (1920+550): 2470 Kcal/day

11. 69. The following is the daily diet of Mrs.maniamma a
sedentary worker 26 yrs old, G2P1L1A0 in her second
trimester of Pregnancy
a. Comment on the quantity of the diet
b. Calculate the iron intake
Food item Quantity
Rice 150 gms
Dal 100gms
GLV 80 gms
Milk 100 ml
Ragi ball 250 gms
Other veg 45 gms
Sugar 20 gms

12. Balanced diet for sedentary pregnant women:
Consumption unit for sedentary women: 0.8
Food items Requirement for
sedentary women
(in gms)
Additional
requirement during
pregnancy (in
gms)
Balanced diet for
sedentary
pregnant women
(in gms)
Cereals and
millets
460 x 0.8 = 368 35 403
Pulses 40 x 0.8 = 32 15 47
Green leafy
Vegetables
40 x 0.8 = 32 - 32
Other vegetables 60 x 0.8 = 48 - 48
Milk 150ml x 0.8 = 120 100 220
Sugar and jiggery 30 x 0.8 = 24 10 34

13. Food items Diet consuming Requirement of
sedentary pregnant
women
Comment
Cereals (rice and
ragi ball)
400 gm 403 Just adequate
Pulses 100 gm 47 Adequate
Green leafy
vegetables
80gm 32 Adequate
Other vegetables 45 gm 48 Just adequate
Milk 100 ml 220 Deficit
Sugar and jiggery 20 gm 34 Deficit

14. Calculation of iron intake:
Food Items Iron content Consuming
100 gms of Rice 2 mg 3 mg
100 gms of Ragi 4 mg 10 mg
100 gms of Dhal 3 mg 3 mg
100 gms of GLV 17 mg 13.6 mg
100 gms of Milk 0.2 mg 0.2 mg
Total Iron intake per
day = 29.8 mg

15. 10. Mrs.parvathi, a pregnant lady doing
moderate work consumes the following diet
Food item Quantity
Rice 350 gms
Dal 40 gms
GLV 40 gms
Milk 100 ml

16. Consumption unit for moderately working women: 0.9
Food items Requirement for
moderately
working women
(in gms)
Additional
requirement for a
pregnant mother
(in gms)
Requirement for
moderately
working
pregnant women
(in gms)
Cereals 460 x 0.9 = 414 35 449
Pulses 40 x 0.9 = 36 15 51
Green leafy
vegetables
40 x 0.9 = 36 - 36
Milk 150ml x 0.9 =
135
100 235

17. Food item Diet Consuming Requirement for
moderately
working pregnant
women (in gms
Comment
Rice 350 gms 449 Deficit
Dal 40 gms 51 Deficit
GLV 40 gms 36 Adequate
Milk 100 ml 235 Deficit