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Understanding the Classes of Food - Part 1

The odds are high that you must have come across “the classes of food” at some point in time. As is now our custom at The Well Child Initiative , let’s have a little quiz to joggle your memory!😁 Mention the classes of food you remember.🤓 Type how many you could remember in the comments, and we’ll celebrate you! This article is also an opportunity to refresh your memory. Food can be classified by its function, nutritional composition, or food group. Today, we’ll classify based on nutritional composition, a more granular way of looking at food. Based on this, there are 7 classes we must remember: Carbohydrates, Proteins, Fats and Oils, Vitamins, Minerals, Water, and Fibre. P.S: We received feedback that our last post was a little too long to read in one sitting — so we’ll release this series on food classes in smaller bits. Just as we encourage you not to force-feed your little ones, we won’t force-feed you information either! 😁 In this article, we’ll focus on the macronutrients only....

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