Abstract
The paper focused on meal management practices of homemakers in Port
Harcourt Municipal City. It investigated factors influencing meal management of
practices of women, problems women encounter in meal management; and ways
of improving meal management. The population comprised all homemakers in
main town of Port Harcourt. The study sample was 200, purposively draw from
estimated literate population of 1,500 homemakers in the area. The instrument
for data collection was questionnaire. Mean was used to analyze data. The
findings reveal among others, that meal management practices of homemakers
were influenced by inadequate food money, and lack of nutritional knowledge.
The study recommended that homemakers should use enough seafood in meals,
and also update their nutritional knowledge to help them make right choices of
food.