Children are in the development period of their bodies and brains, and rich nutrition plays an important role in promoting their healthy growth. To ensure the healthy development of young children, we must pay attention to dietary nutrition. Nutrition comes from food. Properly arrange children's daily diet to ensure their healthy growth. Therefore, the combination of children's dietary nutrition is extremely important for physical growth.
According to the theory of modern nutrition, there are seven categories of nutrients in food: carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, inorganic salts, water and dietary fiber. These nutrients can meet the calories needed by the body to maintain normal physiological functions and engage in labor, as well as provide various organ nutrients for the growth, development and repair of cell tissues.
1. The nutritional mix is ??scientific, balanced and diversified.
Nutrition is the most important factor in ensuring the growth, development and physical and mental health of young children. No natural food can contain all the nutrients the human body needs. For example, the high nutritional value of eggs means that they contain high protein and other nutrients; breast milk is an ideal food for babies, but breast milk contains very little iron; refined flour is delicate and delicious but lacks vitamin B? From this, we can see that only Only by combining food reasonably can the human body's various nutritional needs be met.
Therefore, when arranging nutritious meals for young children, we should follow the principle of comprehensive and rich varieties, and combine various foods scientifically and rationally. Such as cereals, meats, eggs, vegetables, soy products, etc., not only should be eaten every day, but the quantity of various foods must also have a certain proportion in the diet to provide young children with rich nutrition. For example: According to the "Day Meal Plan Requirements for Kindergarten Children Aged 3 to 6", when formulating a child's diet, it is necessary to ensure that the child's daily cereal food is 100g to 125g, meat is 60g to 70g, and eggs are 30g to 30g. 60 grams, vegetables 100-125 grams, fruits once a day, milk once a day per 125ml, soy products 2-3 times a week, 20-30 grams each time. In order to balance the nutrition, it can also be arranged for young children every week Some whole grain products, such as: sesame, corn, oats, millet, purple sweet potato, taro, etc. Kindergartens must prepare and prepare meals according to the amount, and the children should eat according to the amount, but the principle of "moderateness" must be grasped so that the "amount" can meet the requirements of various nutrients for the children, so that they can eat enough without wasting, thereby ensuring the normal development of the children's bodies. , plays a role in balancing nutrition.
2. Reasonably match meals according to the age characteristics of children.
Children aged 3 to 6 years old are in a critical period of physical growth and intellectual development. This period is characterized by strong metabolism and increased material and energy requirements for growth, development and life activities. Many parents only know how to let their children eat more fish, meat, shrimp, vegetables, etc., but they often ignore cereals that are rich in nutrients. Insufficient grain intake in young children can also lead to nutritional imbalances. Because: 1. Cereals can provide more than 70% of the calories and 50% of the protein required by the human body. 2. Cereals are rich in B vitamins, of which vitamin B1 can increase appetite, help digestion, and promote the growth and development of young children; vitamin B2 can prevent angular stomatitis, cheilitis, glossitis, etc. 3. Cereals can also provide a certain amount of plant protein. These nutrients play an extremely important role in the growth and development of young children. 4. Cereals are also rich in minerals, including calcium, phosphorus, potassium, iron, copper, manganese, zinc, etc. 5. The fat content in cereals is small, and most of them are unsaturated fatty acids, which are easy to absorb and ingest. 6. Cereals also contain a small amount of lecithin, which is an essential nutrient for the human brain and can promote brain development. Therefore, when arranging meals for young children, it is necessary to arrange three meals scientifically and reasonably, pay attention to the combination of various nutrients, and be sure to match coarse and fine grains, meat and vegetable dishes, sweet and salty, dry and thin dishes, and have a variety of staple and non-staple food for two meals. Not repeated.
3. Earnestly implement a nutritious diet system to ensure the normal growth and development of children.
Enforcing reasonable meal times and times is a need to ensure normal physiological activities of children. It is recommended that children eat at regular times, at fixed points, and in quantitative amounts.
Timing means that there is a certain time for eating and there is a certain interval between meals. If the interval is too long, the gastrointestinal tract will be completely emptied, causing severe hunger and consuming nutrients in the tissue. If the interval is too short, the food in the child's gastrointestinal tract has not been digested and absorbed, and there is no appetite at all. Therefore, the length of time between two meals should depend on how long the food stays in the stomach. Generally, mixed food stays in the stomach for about 3 to 4 hours, so the appropriate interval between two meals is 3 to 4 hours.
Fixed point means that children should have a certain place and fixed position when eating. For example, some children have no fixed meal times since they were young. They eat and play at the same time, or even need to be fed by adults without regularity. This makes it difficult to form a normal life pattern. The children also lack a good sense of appetite, which affects the children's intake of nutrients. It is also extremely detrimental to the development of young children. Quantification is implemented according to the formulated meal plan and prescribed food intake. Therefore, when formulating a weekly amount of recipes, it is necessary to carefully analyze the children's daily recipes and the market and seasonal supply conditions, as well as the conclusions of last week's nutritional analysis and the cooking situation of the dishes, and timely adjust the children's recipes for next week so that the children can The nutrition is more reasonable and perfect.