A Session on Child Nutrition (2nd Part)

Right nutrition is important at every stage of life. This is especially true for the kids. When in the growth stage of life, your kids need proper nutrients to stay healthy and strong and grow up healthy too. Right nutrition from the very beginning can help build a platform for your child’s growth and develop healthy lifestyle habits. The nutritional knowledge that you give to them can be applied for the rest of their life.

What nutrients do kids need?
Right eating choices will help you ensure that your kids get the nutrients that they need. A diet plan consisting of all the required vitamins, minerals, amino acid, etc. always help your kid to grow healthy and strong. You can include various fruits and vegetables to their meal plan to ensure that they get the right nutrients in the right quantity.

How right Nutrition helps kids in their growth years?
During their childhood days, kids start developing habits that they carry throughout their lives. Besides this, kids who do not get proper nutrition as they grow can suffer from various health challenges in the future. Also, the risk of obesity is reduced to a large extent by adopting the right nutrition. Right nutrition helps in muscle building, adequate bone mass, helps in weight management, adequate height, proper mental health, strong immunity, and ultimately results in a happy and healthy long life.

What difficulties do Parent’s face?
As a parent, almost all of you may complain that getting your child to eat healthy and nourishing food is not at all easy. You need to find all sorts of creative ways to make your kid eat the right food. The difficulty varies with variation in the food items. However, after doing all this, there is no guarantee that your child will eat and finish his plate. Also, there is no assurance that your kid will get all the necessary nutrients from what he/she eats.

A variety of foods is the key to ensuring that they consume a well-balanced nutritious diet. Parents should not be discouraged by a child’s refusal of a certain food. The different tastes, textures, and colours are all new to a child. A wide range of options allows them to decide what and how much they will eat. By one year of age, children should be eating the same foods as the rest of their family with little or no modification.