Nutrition plays an important role in the improvement and development of the child's physical and thinking, especially in the early stage of development. However, one of the most important and common causes of slow weight gain and malnutrition in children is due to mistakes in nutritional care of parents.
Stunting of malnutrition is a fairly common disease in children, leaving them with great impacts on their physical and intellectual development in the future. Our country is still among 36 countries with a high rate of stunting in the world. Parents need to pay more attention to this situation because children are still passive in eating, any mistakes of parents in the child's eating process can put children at risk. Malnourished. For children to develop healthy, parents should not ignore the following "golden" principles in nutrition.
Should enhance nutrition for children in both quantity and quality
An important thing in helping children get rid of stunting malnutrition is the adequate nutritional supplement according to the development needs of the child's body. Therefore, for malnourished children, mothers need to strengthen the baby in both quantity and quality of food. Mother should enhance nutritious foods such as milk and yogurt, grease, fish meat, starch, ... Increasing the number of meals to 5-6 meals a day will help your baby be provided with more nutrients.
Should children eat and drink scientifically
Feeding your child more meals and more nutritious foods does not necessarily help the child absorb more nutrients, it depends on how the mother prepares the food and how to feed the baby. . Meals for children need a variety of foods and one meal should ensure all four food groups (flour, fat, protein, vegetables); the quantity of each main and supplementary meal should be just enough, suitable for the baby is also something mothers need to pay attention to; Processed food needs to be chopped and softly cooked so that the child can eat the whole body,… are the basic notes that mothers need to know in the child's diet.
Variety of foods in each meal
Surely mothers do not forget that each food has only one function and provides certain nutrients, while to meet the needs of brain and body development, the baby needs many other nutrients. together. Therefore, mothers need to coordinate a variety of foods and regularly change dishes to help babies taste.
If the mother only focuses on feeding her child some foods, it will lead to this state of excess, lack of other nutrients ... causing negative effects from nutritional deficiency on the development of the baby.
Children entering the 1 year old stage are able to explore and get used to the surrounding environment, mothers should let them gradually practice "independent" even in eating, letting the baby touch will help them feel the meal. Interestingly, even if the baby only eats a little, or spills over, over time, the baby will be more skillful and eat more and more varied.
Combine a variety of foods and change dishes often to help your baby's appetite
Fat is indispensable but mom always "forgets"
Many mothers hesitate to add fat to their children's meals because they worry that they are overweight or fat is not essential, but you know, about 60% of the baby's brain is made up of fat. In addition, fat also helps synthesize and provides energy and helps the body absorb fat-soluble vitamins.In each meal, mothers should use a combination of animal fats (fats, butter) and fats. Vegetable fat (vegetable oil) for baby. Of course, mothers should also balance and supplement the baby with other substances such as zinc, iodine, iron ... found in many foods to ensure the correct and sufficient nutritional principle for the baby.
Fats help with synthesis and energy and help the body absorb vitamins
Add micronutrients properly
Micronutrients, though the body only needs a small amount, but is a very important nutrient for a child's development. Especially children in a state of slow weight gain , malnutrition, stunting may need to be supplemented with micronutrients (vitamins and mineral salts). There are many mothers who often add micronutrients to their babies because they think it is a "tonic", especially calcium and vitamin D to increase height. This is not recommended, micronutrient supplementation must be directed by a nutritionist to examine and monitor the child to give appropriate medicine because excess or deficiency micronutrients are harmful to development. of children.
Milk is an indispensable micronutrient supplement
Nutrition experts recommend that children from 1 year old need> 500ml of milk / day (maybe fresh milk, suitable formula or yogurt, cheese) to provide enough nutrients and energy for children to develop. Especially for children who are slow to gain weight, stunting malnutrition, their nutritional needs are not like normal growing babies, mothers should use special nutritional products containing nutritional ingredients. More preeminent nutrition, comes with a reasonable fortified diet to help children quickly regain their standard weight and height.
Food supplement with micronutrients
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