Children Healthy Care

Our young children do not understand about vitamins and minerals, and we can not give explanations about the importance of nutritional balance to encourage children to eat because they ignore arguments brainy but the immediate sensation of taste.

To ensure that children accept and enjoy eating some healthy foods, taste and presentation will be the most effective arguments.Let’s play with colors, textures and shapes of food fun making healthy food menus!.

We compiled a number of suggestions for achieving this purpose, focusing on the area of ​​the vegetables as it is a type of food needed in proper nutrition, but usually costs that the child used willingly eat.

Cooking tips:

1. A trick that works well is to cut the vegetables into tiny pieces or grate.They can also be pureed or use a blender to make tasty juices.This case is very important to avoid losses of nutrients, blend just before consumption. (more…)

The right-wing opposition to some key sections of the project on food labeling, blocked the initiative to regulate the sale of unhealthy products.The author of this column believes that “freedom of choice” who argue in total harmony Mañalich minister, ruling party parliamentarians and companies in the industry, takes place in a framework that “could not be inequitable” for consumers: “The firms can produce at will, without adequately informed with incomprehensible labeled with millions of advertising campaigns, psychologists, anthropologists and neurophysiologists studying the purchasing behavior of children and adults to maximize sales. “

Chile, like many countries in the world, presents an increasing amount of children and adults overweight and obese, ranking within the top three with the highest prevalence of childhood obesity worldwide.The main cause of obesity is determined by the excess energy intake over expenditure of the same, mediated by social, genetic and environmental factors.The rapid increase in childhood obesity in Chile and 16% in the 90 to 23% in 2010 – suggesting that genetic factors are not the cause of the problem, because the gene pool has remained relatively stable over time.The causes are then the expression of inadequate environmental factors: an unbalanced diet, abandonment of the traditional diet and dietary highly industrialized with a high intake of calories, fats, trans fats, sugar, salt and a marked inactivity.

The Draft Law on Food Labelling and Advertising, based on the recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO) and developed by a group of national experts and renowned international experts, including Drs Pekka Puska, Philip James and Ricardo Uauy, sought to establish the delivery of clear and simple information about the nutritional composition of food, making your choice at time of purchase and encouraging companies to produce healthier foods. (more…)

Healthy foods for your child’s growth has begun to share meals with you, good to understand that from now on, all depend on how to put the food needed for their development. The two-year-old, need to develop chewing and swallowing, it is also necessary to develop the muscles of the face and dental arch is so good it starts to eat solid food, and nothing is better than meat for chew over can not forget that fish and chicken has to be present on the day of your child’s meal, because meat provides iron and zinc and essential amino acids for growth, and helps prevent anemia increases the risk this stage of accelerated development. More careful to buy the meat because it is so cool that your child avoid fatty meat.

Know that your child beyond the needs of beans as a source of meat protein, calories, minerals and iron, along with rice is also a supplier of amino acids and proteins that serves as raw material for muscles, skin, hair and bones. Change to the selection of the best beans in pink, black and white before cooking so the sauce for the cause of liberation of gas plant products.

Always look for the child to vegetables such as spinach, broccoli, cabbage, watercress and rocket that are rich in vitamin A and C, potassium and folic acid and is an ally against anemia. Learning that are required five servings of grain per day, or that should be present at every meal, breakfast and lunch, choose oatmeal with milk, biscuits, bread, breakfast cereals is present in the macaroni, rice, or dish of food like chicken pie. Lettuce, beets and tomatoes are vegetables that can not be missing your child’s plate are important sources of several vitamins and fiber, or shredded meat and serve as preferred. (more…)