Children's Health FoodA popular science article on healthy food in kindergarten:
** 1. The importance of food variety **
The growth and development of young children required a variety of nutrients, and no food could provide all the nutrients needed by the human body. Therefore, it was necessary to eat a variety of foods to avoid being picky and partial. Picky and partial eaters will prevent young children from getting comprehensive nutrition. If the child is only picky about individual foods, the parents or kindergarten can choose other foods from the same food group to replace them. However, if the child is picky and partial (such as not eating meat dishes or vegetables), it must be corrected. The daily menu should cover five nutritious food groups.
** 2. Eat all kinds of food in a balanced manner **
Different foods have different nutritional components, and the body has certain requirements for the intake of various nutrients. He couldn't eat more of what he liked and less of what he didn't like because of his personal preferences. Although the variety of food seemed rich, the amount of nutrients would deviate and destroy the balance of nutrients. Eat all kinds of food according to the proportion, and pay attention to the combination of food in the same group, such as the combination of thickness, dark and light-colored vegetables, fish and poultry, etc.
** 3. Eat on time and control your snack intake **
Three meals a day was the main channel for nutrition intake, which was in line with the physiological characteristics of the human digestive system. Eating too many snacks between meals would affect the amount of food consumed for the main course. Parents can prepare an appropriate amount of after-school snacks for their children, but not too much.
** Four, three meals, moderate hunger and satiety **
The total heat energy of the three meals a day should be 30% in the morning and 30% in the evening, and 40% for lunch. Not eating or eating less breakfast will affect your health, physical strength, and normal brain activity. If they ate less at lunch, they would easily overeat at dinner. During holidays and family banquets, they should also eat in moderation to avoid eating or gorging, so as not to damage the normal digestive function of the digestive tract.
** 5. Light diet is better **
More than half of a child's total heat energy should come from food, about 1/6 from protein, and 1/4 from fat. Too much intake of heavy oil food or sugar would cause the intake of heat energy to be too high, increasing the risk of suffering from modern civilized diseases such as high blood pressure, high blood fat, obese, and coronary-heart disease. It would also affect digestive function because it was too sweet and difficult to digest, and it would also cause digestive tract diseases due to the lack of diet fiber.
** 6. Choose food based on physique **
Food is closely related to the physique of young children. For example, children with spleen and stomach deficiency will eat raw and cold food, which will cause stomach discomfort or diarrhea. Children with severe internal heat who like fried food or mutton hot pot may cause mouth sores or dry stool. Parents should understand the warmth and coolness of food, provide suitable food according to the child's physique, and adjust it according to the seasons.
** 7. Civilized dining habits **
The dining environment should be kept quiet to cultivate the habit of chewing slowly. Relaxing and soothing music can help children maintain a happy mood. At the same time, children should not watch TV, read books, play or talk loudly during meals.
In terms of the kindergarten's meal arrangement, the principle of "comprehensive, balanced, and nutritious" should be adhered to. According to the season, fruits, vegetables, fresh fruits, meat, eggs, milk, grains, and other foods should be selected. These foods were rich in diet fiber, and then the weekly nutritional recipes should be formulated according to scientific proportions and updated every week.
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