[Henan Science Popularization] "Dietary Guide" easy to read: How to cultivate the "light taste" of preschool children?

Cultivate the light taste of preschool children, reduce the intake of high salt, high sugar, and high -fat foods, and help form a healthy dietary behavior.

WHO recommends that children should reduce sodium intake to prevent and control blood pressure.

It is essential to guide children to avoid being too salty from childhood. It is recommended that the daily salt intake of children 2 to 3 years old is less than 2 grams of salt, and children aged 4 to 5 years old are less than 3 grams.

When preparing diet for preschool children, we must not only pay as much salt as much as possible, but also use less salt -containing soy sauce, tempeh, oyster sauce, salty soup and sauce.

Because many processed foods or snacks such as salt and pickled foods, puffed foods, processing meat products, biscuits and other salt containing more, it is not recommended to eat it frequently.

In addition, if children's diet is used in diet or chicken essence, it will not only increase the intake of sodium, but also affect children's experience and love for natural food, and should be avoided as much as possible.

In terms of school -age children's dietary cooking, it is advisable to use steaming, cooking, stewing, and crickets to use as much as possible to use as little as possible. Cut the food into small pieces and cook them softly, and it is easy to chew, swallow and digest for children. Pay special attention to completely remove peeling, bone, thorns, and nuclear.

Soy, peanuts and other nut foods should be grinded first to make mud paste and other states. It is advisable to use a light taste. It should not be too salty, greasy and spicy. Use as little or without MSG, chicken essence, pigment, and sugar.

Excessive consumption of sodium salts will increase chronic diseases such as hypertension and heart disease. When cooking food for children, the amount of salt should be controlled, and pickled foods or condiments with high salt -high high salt. You can choose natural, fresh spices, such as onions, garlic, onion, vanilla, etc., and seasoning with fresh vegetable juice such as tomato juice, lemon, pumpkin juice, spinach juice, etc.

At the same time, you should pay attention to cultivating preschool children cognitive food and love.

Preschool children have a certain ability to take care of their own self -care, their autonomy and curiosity develop rapidly, and their ability to learn and imitate has significantly enhanced. This period is an important stage for cultivating healthy diet and establishing basic nutrition and health awareness.

1. You should create more opportunities for children to know and feel food for children as much as possible, so that young children can contact food, understand the shape, texture, color, odor and taste of food to help them accept new food. Children can also organize children to participate in various visit and experience activities, such as going to farmland to meet crops, observe the growth process of vegetables and fruits grown in the family and kindergartens, and listen to nutrition stories about vegetables and fruits, thereby stimulating children's interest in vegetables and fruits.

2. Children's participation in food selection and production can increase their acceptance of food, increase the enthusiasm of children's meals, and promote appetite.

3. It is recommended that parents and children buy food together, help children identify fruits and vegetables, try to let children choose vegetables and fruits independently, let children participate in the production of family food, and participate in food processing activities that can be involved in power, such as choosing vegetables, etc., so that children can experience the fun. Get self -confidence and sense of accomplishment, and enhance parent -child relationships.

Source: Henan Health Central Plains Service Guarantee Center

Author: Book Xiaoyan

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