To avoid being obese as an adult
Because you are not born obese, you have to give your child, from an early age, dietary basics. The desire to eat healthy is acquired as soon as possible and, once this good habit is installed, the impulsivity towards fatty, salty, sweet products will no longer be part of the game. Thus, it is clear that nutritional balance is a learning like any other.
What to do in the early ages of life?
After the period of milk bottles, a spoon feed will gradually replace them. During the first year, new flavors, thanks to vegetable purees and mixed fruits, have developedyour child’s taste discoveries.
In any case, until the age of three, a milk feed, more or less 500ml / day, can be kept. Then, from one year, the nutritional mode will become more and more solid: the dishes are presented, no longer mixed, but with finely chopped pieces.
It is all these little habits that will allow you todiscover the taste of foodand develop your child’s sense of nutrient diversity.
And between one and three years?
Meat, eggs and fish will be introduced with meals, at the rate of 6 teaspoons per day. It will be the same for pasta, rice, bread, pureed vegetables … The most difficult foods to digest should be avoided such asdried fruits, an excess of leeks or lentils, cheeses that are too strong, fermented such as Roquefort. Prefer Gruyère. Focus more on colors: carrots, pumpkins, eggplants, green beans …
The advice of the pediatrician, Dr. Picherot, is not to give your child what you yourself do not appreciate. Logic! As for BMI, it can decrease sharply around 12 and then 18 months. Attention for BMI the curves are different from those of adults (they are available at this address if necessary :http://www.calculersonimc.fr/imc-enfant.html). Do not worry or worry if the 3-year-old comes to skip a meal. The main thing is that the growth curve is rising.
Specifically, four main mealsare recommended:
- Breakfast which consists of bottle milk, buttered toast with or without jam, fruit or compote of your choice. When the child becomes older: bowl milk with or without cereals, one or two toasts with a fruit juice preferably squeezed.
- Lunch includes a contribution of protein, various vegetables, starchy foods and a dessert of your choice.
- The snack, meanwhile, must bring milk in the form of yogurt, with bread for example and, why not, a fruit.
- For dinner, the ideal remains a contribution of vegetables as well as a dairy product. Starchy foods can complete this meal, which must remain low in protein.
Careful
You should not give your child bad habits such as drinking fruit juice, soda or milk during meals. Water should remain the essential fluid intake.
Avoid foods that are too fatty or too sweet, even if your child is strongly attracted to fries or chocolate. Do not accustom your child to snacking outside mealtimes anddo not give in to certain claimsof it. Knowing how to say “no” is sometimes beneficial for your well-being.
The so-called homemade food remains ideal because by presenting diversified flavors to your offspring, he will be able to choose, when he becomes an adult, the compounds which will be beneficial to his optimal state of health. This is how your child, when he grows up, will not be obese.
Stephen Paul is the lead author and founder of My Health Sponsor. Holder of a diploma in health and well-being coaching with more than 200 articles in the field of health, he makes it a point of honor to offer advice based on reliable information, based on scientific research, and verified by health professionals.