Child care health tips What should be the diet of children in growing age Know important tips on child nutrition Marathi news

Mumbai: Children Wrong eating habits have a bad effect on health. Like adults, it is more important to take care of children's eating habits. Encouraging nutritious eating habits in children improves the body's energy levels, supports mental and physical development, helps maintain weight control, and reduces depression and anxiety. Additionally, healthy eating habits help protect children from many diseases in the future such as obesity, heart disease, high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes. Therefore, it is important to inculcate healthy habits in children.

Healthy Eating Tips for Kids

Dr. Atul Palve, a pediatrician and neonatologist from Pune, has given some important tips regarding the nutrition of children. They are as follows.

• Children should start the day with a nutritious breakfast, it is important to include protein in it. Because it helps your child get energy by keeping his stomach full for a long time.
• Teens may get help with weight management. For busy morning schedules, breakfast options such as whole wheat bread, smoothie, yogurt, avocado, or peanut butter and egg sandwiches can be included.
• Encourage children to participate in grocery shopping and food selection at home.
• Educate yourself on how to interpret labels to understand the nutritional value of foods. Involve them in kitchen work by asking them for a little help while cooking.
• Train children to grow fruits, vegetables and herbs in the home garden.
• Try eating meals together as a family to promote healthy eating habits and strengthen family bonds. This provides an opportunity to strengthen family relationships.
• Pay attention to the eating habits of your children. Pay attention to their eating habits and fix meal times to give them proper guidance.
• Make changes to the child's diet gradually without changing the entire diet at once. Replace some of the unhealthy foods in your kitchen with healthy alternatives, gradually incorporating more nutritious options. These include multigrain bread instead of white bread, baked sweet potato chips instead of potato chips, smoothies instead of ice cream, homemade nutritious laddu instead of desserts or bakery items, as well as nuts, jaggery and dates.
• Eat grilled, baked and steamed foods instead of fried foods and choose a balanced diet for children.

(Note: All the above things are given as information to the readers. ABP does not make any claims to me.)

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