Healthy diet guidance for babies in early childhood

1. Food variety and quantity 1. Dairy: 350-500mI per day (including yogurt or cheese), formula is recommended for children under 2 years old who cannot continue breastfeeding. 2.Meal variety and quantity: Diversify, promote natural food, balanced diet, 1 egg, 50g of animal food, 100-150g of cereals, 150-200g of vegetables, 150-200g of fruits, 20-25g of vegetable oil per day. 3.Dietary attention: Young children should eat home-cooked food with appropriate volume, slightly soft texture, less salt and easy to digest. The children should eat less fast food and drink less sweet drinks, including lactic acid drinks. 4, diet arrangements: daily meals can be arranged for three main meals, dairy and nutritious snacks two or three times, between meals to control snacks. Parents are responsible for providing children with safe, nutritious, easily digestible and tasty healthy food, allowing children to decide the amount of food to eat, eat regularly, and let children experience hunger and satiety. Eating Behavior 1. Eating Style: 12-month-old children should begin to practice eating on their own with utensils to develop their independence and ability to respond correctly. 1-2 year-old children should share meals and encourage themselves to eat, and after 2 years old children should eat independently. 2. Eating behavior: Meals should be regularly, regularly, quantitatively, and happily, with each meal lasting 20-30 min. Avoid playing and watching TV while eating, not chasing after feeding, and not using bottles to drink milk. Parents’ eating behavior has a great influence on young children, avoid force-feeding and overfeeding, and prevent children from refusing to eat, partial eating and overeating. Parents should provide less high-fat and high-sugar food, fast food, carbonated drinks and sugary drinks. 3, food preparation: food should be processed separately, cooked mainly by steaming, boiling, stewing, stir-frying, pay attention to the color, aroma and taste of food. Children can participate in the food preparation process to enhance their interest in food. 4. Appropriate amount of water: The amount of water should be decided according to the season and children’s activity, with plain water and in a cup, so as not to affect children’s milk intake and daily diet. The best way for children to learn to eat on their own is to sit around a family meal. Avoid intimidating, reprimanding and scolding children during meals. Food safety precautions 1. Food selection: Avoid providing children under 3 years old with foods that can easily cause choking and injury, such as small round candies and fruits, nuts, jellies, popcorn, chewing gum, and fish and meat with bones and spines. 2. Dietary hygiene: The process of preparing and preserving food for infants and children needs to ensure the cleanliness and hygiene of food, eating utensils and water. Both children and caregivers should wash their hands before preparing food and feeding, and provide children with fresh food to avoid contamination of food. Animal foods such as meat and fish should be cooked to kill harmful bacteria. It is advisable to heat leftover food to avoid contamination, solid food should be heated thoroughly, and liquid food should be boiled. 3.Food storage: Food should be consumed immediately after preparation to avoid food being left for too long, especially at room temperature. Leftover food should be stored in the refrigerator, covered and sealed to slow down the rate of bacterial reproduction.