Republic of the Philippines

Centro Escolar University

School of Nutrition and Hospitality Management

MODULE 1 – Understanding Food and Nutrition

Name : Gargarita, Mary Blessery Claire A.

Section : BSND3A
Date : 05/05/21
Activity : Classifying blocks from farm to table food path

Arrange blocks (numbers 1-20) to the way food travels, which ones belong to each of the
components of the food path using table below. These blocks could ultimately affect
nutritional status of the population.

List of blocks along the food path

Food production Food distribution Food consumption Nutrient utilization

 Too many people  No trucks to  Mothers not  Intestinal worms

and not enough transport produce cooking food for prevent the body
land  Bad farm-to- children from using food
 Fields not cleared market roads  Lack of care, love, properly
before rain starts  Too much profits and warmth during  Presence of
 Wrong varieties of for wholesalers, meals sickness preventing
crops planted middle marketers,  Limited a child or a family
 No credit to buy or retailers knowledge on member from
fertilizer balanced diet eating
 Too much rain  Too many children
 Pests destroy stored to share too little
food food
 Cash crops grown  Food bought
instead of food expensively in
crops small amounts
 Too many people  Money spent on
leaving farms to non-food items
work in town  Wrong cooking
practices
List of blocks on the way food travels:
1. Too many people and not enough land
2. Fields not cleared before rain starts
3. Presence of sickness preventing a child or a family member from eating
4. Too many people leaving farms to work in town
5. Wrong cooking practices
6. Mothers not cooking food for children
7. No trucks to transport produce
8. Cash crops grown instead of food crops
9. Lack of care, love, and warmth during meals
10. Limited knowledge on balanced diet
11. Wrong varieties of crops planted
12. No credit to buy fertilizer
13. Too much rain
14. Pests destroy stored food
15. Bad farm-to-market roads
16. Too much profits for wholesalers, middle marketers, or retailers
17. Too many children to share too little food
18. Food bought expensively in small amounts
19. Money spent on non-food items
20. Intestinal worms prevent the body from using food properly