Can children eat honey?

Whether children can eat honey or not is related to their age. For children under 1 year old, honey should not be eaten, while children over 1 year old can eat honey appropriately.
Honey is rich in sugar, vitamins, trace elements and other nutrients, as well as possible bacterial contamination during processing. For children under 1 year of age, due to relatively low activity of digestive enzymes and relatively weak immune function, eating honey is likely to cause indigestion, allergies and bacterial infections, so it is not recommended.
For children over 1 year old, the functional development of various systems is gradually mature, you can eat honey appropriately, but should not be too much, otherwise it will lead to obesity because of excessive carbohydrate intake, short-term excessive intake of honey, there may also be diarrhea, indigestion symptoms.