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NRAEF ManageFirst: Nutrition
NRA NRA National Restaurant Association

ISBN-10: 0132283867
ISBN-13: 9780132283861

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2007
Format: Paper; 240 pp
Published: 09/05/2006


Appropriate for Culinary Nutrition courses within Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management departments.

 

NEW! Exam Prep Guides for The ManageFirst Program - An exam prep guide is available for each one of the ten ManageFirst titles and are now automatically packaged with each Competency Guide

 

Contents Include:

  • Test taking strategies
  • Practice exam questions written to the NRAEF test item writing guidelines
  • Explanations for answers with remediation to the competency guides
  • Glossary of key terms

 

A brief competency guide which is focused on Culinary Nutrition.  Designed to support a core textbook and provide students with marketable management skills for a career within the Culinary Arts and Foodservice industry.

 

Introducing the ManageFirst ProgramTM from the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation (NRAEF).   This new management training certification program is based on a set of competencies defined by the restaurant, foodservice and hospitality industry as those needed for success.   This competency-based program includes 12 topics, each with a competency guide, exam, instructor resources and certificate.  Students earn a certification for each exam passed.  The topics and exams are aligned to typical on-campus courses.

 

This competency guide includes a PENCIL/PAPER version of the examination sheet.   NRAEF ManageFirst: Nutrition w/ On-line Testing Access Code Card is also available.

 

For additional information about the NRAEF ManageFirstTM Program please visit www.prenhall.com/managefirst

Appropriate for Culinary Nutrition courses within Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management departments.

 

A brief competency guide which is focused on Culinary Nutrition.  Designed to support a core textbook and provide students with marketable management skills for a career within the Culinary Arts and Foodservice industry.

 

Part of the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation (NRAEF) ManageFirst certification program.  The competency guide includes an examination sheet.

 

 

NRAEF ManageFirst Program - Hallmark Features:

  • Designed and supported by the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation (NRAEF).
  • NEW, industry-driven, 12 topic, competency-based certificate program.
  • Created to provide students with marketable management skills for a career within the Restaurant, Hospitality and Foodservice industries.
  • Non-text specific.  Adopters can use any publisher’s text and corresponding Prentice Hall/NRAEF competency guide.
  • An academic and industry “think-tank” was formed to design a program based on job-specific skills valued by employers.  This “think tank” included 200 industry hiring managers, trainers, executives and academics.
  • The program design and implementation process included an 18-month Job Task Analysis (JTA).
  • NRAEF ManageFirst Program includes competency guide, exam answer sheet, NRAEF scoring & processing of a competency-based exam, NRAEF-branded certificate and NRAEF ManageFirst Professional (MFP) credential.
  • Transitional and correlation materials available to ease conversion from other certification programs and textbooks to NRAEF ManageFirst Program and Prentice Hall textbooks.

Competency Guide Hallmark Features:

  • 150-200 pages per guide.
  • Can be used as a “stand alone” item or bundled at a discount with Prentice Hall titles.
  • Tremendous pedagogical features, including:
    • “Tuning In to You”
    • Professional Profiles
    • Learning Objectives
    • “Test Your Knowledge”
    • Key Terms
    • Exhibits
    • “Think About It”
    • Activities
    • “Review Your Learning”
    • Field Project
  • Accompanied by supplemental materials, including PowerPoint’s and Answers to Activities

NRAEF ManageFirst Program — Core and Foundation (Elective) topics:

 

NRAEF ManageFirst Core Credential Topics - students must pass all four courses:

  • Hospitality and Restaurant Management
  • Controlling Foodservice Costs
  • Human Resources Management and Supervision
  • ServSafe Food Safety

NRAEF ManageFirst Core Foundation (Elective) Topics — students must pass one course:

  • Managerial Accounting
  • Inventory and Purchasing
  • Customer Service
  • Food Production
  • Menu Marketing and Management
  • Restaurant Marketing
  • Nutrition (Culinary)
  • ServSafe Responsible Alcohol Service

Instructor Supplements available for each Competency Guide:

  • Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentations with Instructor's Notes
  • Answer Keys for self-guided tests and Additional Activities.
  • Instructor Correlation Guides that assist in the transition to the NRAEF ManageFirst Program.
  • Syllabus builder template
  • Classroom activities
  • Quizzes and reviews questions (with answers)
  • Test Bank of Exam style questions
  • Detailed course outlines include:
    • suggested time block
    • activity and objective
    • slides used
    • guide pages covered
    • lecture notes.

Instructor’s resources are available for registered ManageFirst instructors.  To register or access instructor materials please visit:  Download Instructor’s Resources

 

Note: If you will be instructing the ServSafe® Food Safety or ServSafe Alcohol® courses, there are separate instructor registration procedures for these programs.

 

Chapter 1      Nutritional Cooking – Art and Science

 

·         What is Nutrition?

·         How We Got to This Point

·         Achieving Nutritious Food Choices

·         Markets for Nutritious Cooking Skills and Knowledge

·         Applying Nutrition Principles to Cooking Is Both Art and Science

 

Chapter 2    The Basic Nutrients – Their Importance in Health

 

·         Healthy Body Weight

·         Nutrients–Substances That Nourish the Body

·         Carbohydrate, Protein, and Lipid

·         Vitamins and Minerals–The Regulators

·         Water–The Most Important Nutrient

·         Nutritional Value of Food

·         Digestion, Absorption, and Transport of Nutrients

 

Chapter 3      Understanding Nutritional Guidelines and Labeling

 

·         A Healthy Diet

·         Dietary Reference Intakes

·         Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005

·         MyPyramid

·         Nutrition LabelingImplementation and Interpretation

 

Chapter 4      Carbohydrates

 

·         Carbohydrate Basics

·         Simple Carbohydrates: The Sugars

·         Complex Carbohydrates: Polysaccharides

·         Dietary Fiber

·         Digestion, Absorption, and Metabolism of Carbohydrates

·         Carbohydrates and Health Problems

 

Chapter 5      Proteins

 

·         Protein Basics

·         Proteins and Nutrition

·         Nutritional Properties of Proteins

·         Protein Changes during Cooking

·         Excessive and Insufficient Protein in the Diet

·         Dietary Requirements for Protein

 

Chapter 6      Lipids

 

·         Lipids: Structure and Function

·         The Role of Lipids in the Body

·         Cooking with Fats and Oils

·         Dietary Intakes of Lipids

·         Lipid Digestion and Absorption

·         Lipids and Health

 

Chapter 7      Vitamins, Minerals, and Water

 

·         What Are Vitamins and Minerals?

·         Vitamins in the Diet

·         Minerals in the Diet

·         Retaining Vitamins and Minerals When Cooking

·         Supplementation of Vitamins and Minerals

·         Water in the Diet

 

Chapter 8      Food with Nutritional Appeal

 

·         Growing Nutritious Food

·         Harvesting, Transporting, and Processing Nutritious Food

·         Receiving, Storing, and Preparing Nutritious Food

·         Cooking Nutritious Food

 

Chapter 9      Cooking and Eating More Healthfully

 

·         How People Taste Food

·         Cooking More Healthfully

·         Adapting Recipes for Good Nutrition

 

Chapter 10   Eating in the United States

 

·         A Healthy Diet

·         The American Diet

·         Special Diets

·         Popular Fad Diets

·         Herbs and Herbal Supplements

·         Relationship of Diet and Exercise

·         Weight-Loss Diets

·         Health Risks of American Diets

·         Food Additives–Their Role and Impact

·        Allergens in Food Items

 

Field Project

 

Index

  • Exam Copy for ManageFirst Nutrition
    NRA National Restaurant Association
    © 2008 | Prentice Hall | Paper Bound w/CD-ROM; 240 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 013233125X | ISBN-13: 9780132331258


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This title is a member of the NRAEF ManageFirst Program, which also contains the titles below . You can also visit the NRAEF ManageFirst Program page.

  • 0132283360NRAEF ManageFirst: Controlling Foodservice Costs
    NRA National Restaurant Association
    © 2007 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 208 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0132283360 | ISBN-13: 9780132283366
    Brief Description

  • 0132283816NRAEF ManageFirst: Customer Service
    NRA National Restaurant Association
    © 2007 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 112 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0132283816 | ISBN-13: 9780132283816
    Brief Description

  • 0131752340NRAEF ManageFirst: Food Production
    NRA National Restaurant Association
    © 2007 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 176 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0131752340 | ISBN-13: 9780131752344
    Brief Description

  • 0132283808NRAEF ManageFirst: Hospitality and Restaurant Management
    NRA National Restaurant Association
    © 2007 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 272 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0132283808 | ISBN-13: 9780132283809
    Brief Description

  • 0132222124NRAEF ManageFirst: Human Resources Management and Supervision
    NRA National Restaurant Association
    © 2007 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 384 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0132222124 | ISBN-13: 9780132222129
    Brief Description

  • 0132222167NRAEF ManageFirst: Inventory and Purchasing
    NRA National Restaurant Association
    © 2007 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 112 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0132222167 | ISBN-13: 9780132222167
    Brief Description

  • 0132283417NRAEF ManageFirst: Managerial Accounting
    NRA National Restaurant Association
    © 2007 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 112 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0132283417 | ISBN-13: 9780132283410
    Brief Description

  • 0132222019NRAEF ManageFirst: Menu Marketing and Management
    NRA National Restaurant Association
    © 2007 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 176 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0132222019 | ISBN-13: 9780132222013
    Brief Description

  • 0132283867NRAEF ManageFirst: Nutrition
    NRA National Restaurant Association
    © 2007 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 240 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0132283867 | ISBN-13: 9780132283861
    Brief Description

  • 013222206XNRAEF ManageFirst: Restaurant Marketing
    NRA National Restaurant Association
    © 2007 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 192 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 013222206X | ISBN-13: 9780132222068
    Brief Description

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