Ensuring dairy consumption in children's diets

The healthy growth of children requires the support of high-nutrient-dense foods

Adequate calcium intake during childhood benefits lifelong benefits

Zeng Guo, deputy director of the Maternal and Child Nutrition Branch of the Chinese Nutrition Society and professor of nutrition at the West China School of Public Health, Sichuan University, said that the physiological and nutritional needs of preschool children have the following characteristics: the growth rate is still at a high level, and the nutritional needs are large; growth and development Status is directly related to the risk of obesity and chronic disease in adolescents and adults; food types and dietary patterns are close to adults, but digestive capacity is still different from adults

"A very important characteristic of children is growth and development, and special nutrition needs to be provided to meet the needs of growth and development

Zhu Wenli, a professor at the Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene at Peking University School of Public Health, said that at present, Chinese school-aged children and adolescents are facing multiple burdens of malnutrition, causing anemia, vitamin deficiency, hypertension and other diseases

Continued milk intake in childhood is important

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"Milk is a nutrient-rich food, and its most prominent features are high-quality protein and rich calcium

In addition, "dairy is also an excellent carrier for food fortification

Multiple reasons restrict children's dairy consumption

Dairy is an important part of children's diets

"Multiple reasons restrict the consumption of children's milk

In order to ensure the status of dairy in children's diet and promote children's dairy consumption, Wang Zhixu put forward the following suggestions: First, expand the types of dairy products

(Liu Yanfang Gao Jiaodi)

"China Food News" (version 3, June 23, 2021)

(Editor in charge: Zhou Yan)