How to ensure a balanced diet for children?

The "Dietary Guidelines for Chinese School-aged Children (2022)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Guidelines") compiled by the Chinese Nutrition Society was released recently.

Different families have different feeding methods: "I'm not so particular about what adults eat and what children eat" "Pay attention to children to eat more lean meat, generally do not eat fatty meat, and make sure to eat two kinds of fruits and two kinds of vegetables every day" "Guaranteed every day Drink a glass of milk and 1000ml of water", "eat less condiments, and give your child's diet less oil, less salt and less seasoning".

How can parents ensure that their children eat a balanced diet? In response to the above problems, Professor Zhang Bingwen, a member of the nutrition science expert database of the China Association for Science and Technology, the vice chairman of the Shandong Nutrition Society, and the vice president of the School of Culture and Tourism (Culinary School) of Jinan University, gave an explanation

Eating milk and eggs every day For growing children, milk is a source of high-quality protein and a good carrier of calcium supplementation; eggs are also one of the important sources of high-quality protein

Eating whole grains, fish and shrimp whole grains every week as an important source of children's staple food, the "Guide" highlights this

Oil reduction, salt reduction, and sugar reduction should be viewed dialectically in the daily diet.

Diverse foods and reasonable collocations Zhang Bingwen suggested that due to the different amounts of nutrients contained in different foods, diversity should be considered

(He Xiao)

"China Food News" (Version 06, June 2, 2022)

(Editor in charge: Zhu Meiqiao)