Why you must give your child veggies, fruits daily – nutritionist
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A Nutritionist at the State House Medical Centre in FCT, Mrs
Nelly-Margaret Akuchie, has stressed the need for daily consumption of
vegetables, fruits and cereals as part of children’s meal.
Akukchie disclosed this in an interview with newsmen in Abuja on
Wednesday in commemoration of the World Food Day celebration, annually
marked on Oct. 16 around the world to emphasize the need to tackle
hunger and malnutrition.
She stressed the importance of adequate nutritional food for children
to facilitate growth, development and to reduce risk of diseases.
According to her, “child’s nutrition is very important, what the
child takes from the first 1,000 days has a lot to do with the life of
that child, even to adulthood and old age.
“So it is very important that children should be
well fed and given adequate diet that contains all the nutrients in
appropriate proportion.
“Children should be given appropriate food that contains vegetables,
fruits, minerals, vitamins and cereals as part of their daily diets to
enhance their growth.’’
Akukchie also stressed the need for children’s food to vary from
carbohydrates, protein, minerals, rather than giving them a particular
meal with the same nutritional value.
“Children’s foods should be varied. They must not take one particular
food from morning till night, their food should contain protein,
carbohydrates, minerals, fruits and vegetables.’’
She also advised parents to stop giving children junk and carbonated
drinks to school, emphasizing on a well balanced diet and natural
drinks.