6 ways to introduce healthy food for children - Indeed the introduction of healthy food to children has
been started from the beginning. But sometimes parents find it difficult to do
because children prefer to eat snacks or often picky foods. Not infrequently
also vegetables and fruits are not included in the child's diet.
Based on data from the 2013 Basic Health Research
(Riskesdas) conducted by the Ministry of Health, 93 percent of children in
Indonesia lack the intake of vegetables and fruits in their diets. Yet
according to doctors, vegetables and fruits are important components for the
fulfillment of children's nutrition.
Well, quoted from Scholastic on Sunday (2/3/2014), here
are 6 tips that parents can do to introduce healthy food to children.
1. Take your child shopping
You can invite your child to go shopping for food needs
to the supermarket or market. But make it clear to your child that you will
only buy fruit or vegetables. Then let the child choose their own fruits and
vegetables that he wants to eat. Don't forget to explain each of the benefits
obtained from these fruits and vegetables.
2. Make a vegetable and fruit table
To encourage children to eat vegetables and fruit, you
can make a table of vegetables and fruit that children eat for one week. Give
target children, for example, eat 3 fruits and 4 vegetables a week. If the
child succeeds, you can give a gift to the child.
3. Distinguish between Food and snacks
Children certainly can not be separated from the
temptation of unhealthy snacks that he met on the roadside. Well, to get around
this, you must be able to distinguish where snacks and snacks for children. You
can buy any snacks that he wants at the end of the week. But for snacks, you
can prepare pieces of fruit or other healthy foods.
4. Invite your child to help you cook
Another way to introduce healthy food to children is to
ask them to cook in the kitchen. But keep children from dangerous objects such
as knives or stoves. Things that children can do, for example, help get the
materials you need. Besides being fun, you can teach children about the use of
objects in the kitchen.
5. Make a small garden
If you have enough land at home, you can make a small
garden. Plants that you can plant between chili, potatoes or cassava. If you do
not have land, take the child to the farm or farm where he can see how
vegetables and fruits grow.
6. Encourage children to play if eating
outside
Not wrong indeed if you invite children to eat out once
or twice a week. But the thing to remember is how you use that time to continue
to introduce healthy food to children. You can ask questions about what the
child has learned about the food or drink he will eat.
0 komentar: