Service Learning 2014,Group “A”,

Faculty of Science,University of Colombo.

NUTRITION AWARENESS OF UNDERGRADUATES

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Nutrition for a healthy life book

Handing over books to the Librarian Faculty of science, University of Colombo.

The Nutrition for a healthy life book

The printed books were sent to all most all the university libraries in Sri Lanka.

1). University of Colombo2). University of Peradeniya3). University of Sri-Jayawardenepura4). University of Kelaniya5). Sabaragamuwa University 6). Uva wellassa University 7). University of Jaffna8). Eastern University 9). University of Ruhuna10). Rajarata University11). Open University Sri Lanka12). Gampaha Wickramarachchi Ayurveda Institute13). Wayaba University

Nutritional status survey

Data collection in the University of Ruhuna

Nutritional status survey

Data collection in the University of Peradeniya

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Nutrition Awareness seminarThe zoology seminar room, Faculty of Science, University of Colombo was booked on 27th of November 2014 from 10am -11 am to conduct the nutrition awareness programme. The guest speaker, Dr. Nanada Dadallage was invited to deliver the lecture on food additives

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Invitations were printed to invite the guests to the seminar

A poster campaign was conducted to convey the message of the nutrition awareness programme

Development of a new food Green Tea Jelly

Experiment for the comparison of Polyphenol content in a green tea jelly cup

Green tea was successfully in co-operated with gelatin and Green tea jelly was prepared.

Polyphenols in green tea was extracted in to a water methanol solvent and determined using spectro-photometry method.

The Leaflet and the Sticker prepared

The leaflet containing adverse effects of fried foods, meal skipping and health benefits of eating vegetables, fruits and healthy eating habits.

The sticker contains tips to avoid obesity and how become a healthy person.