Interaction

Examiners look out for interaction in all parts of your Coursework, especially in Research & Development.

What exactly is it?
It's an "I" statement that demonstrates relevance of the information you have presented.

For example, let's say you have a whole chunk of information on the Singapore Healthy Diet Pyramid and the RDA (I know you do... ;)

After reading that, your reader will be thinking, "so what?"

This is where your interaction comes in: "I now have the relevant information on the recommended serving sizes and the energy and nutrient requirements of my case study/particular group and can use it to ensure the dishes I choose later will meet their energy & nutrient requirements."

Please make the interaction statements stand out from the rest of the text: box it up, underline, put it in bold etc.

Your interaction basically tells the reader why the information is relevant and how it will be used. If you have tremendous difficulty writing the interaction, you probably are not too sure why the information is there in the first place.

Evaluation

Hi guys, I know it seems a little premature to be thinking about Evaluation already but do bear in mind that you will have to write at least a paragraph on each component of the ENTIRE coursework so it would be helpful to write a few points to at least help jog your memory later. I.e. write an evaluation for Task Analysis NOW, not when you finally decide to sit down end-May and write your overall Evaluation. Life is stressful enough...

Research Deadline

Friendly reminder to please submit your Research to me by this week please.

How to Write a Bibliography

Hello People... been a while since I posted. Sorry! Anyway, here's a pretty funny video about how to write a bibliography. Juvenile but useful nonetheless... watch it and do it! As always, see me if you need help.

Overall Nutritional Quality Index

Here's an interesting website. It's a nutritional tool that should be quite useful in terms of looking for recipes. Again, do bear in mind that it is based on American Nutritional Standards and to always state very clearly the Singapore Standards especially if they are different. I'll leave you to explore it on your own :)

Dietary Tips: Birth to 18 Years Old

Please note that HPB has issued revised dietary tips for the birth to 18-years-old age range. You can download a pdf copy here.

Nutritional Analysis

NutritionData allows you to perform nutritional analyses of recipes and diets. Use it to complement the HPB 'Recipe Analysis' & "Energy & Nutrient Composition of Foods'. It is free to use but requires registration.

Please remember however that any recommended nutrient requirements given would be US-based and not Singapore-based! Make it a habit of giving Singapore-based information as far as possible.