In Babies and more, we offer you rigorous information on health issues during pregnancy and childhood, and of course, child nutrition is a matter that worries many parents and that often appears on our pages. That's why we want to share this Decalogue of infant feeding prepared by the Spanish Association of Primary Care Pediatrics (AEPap).
How to avoid overweight and obesity in children, with problems for their present and future health, depends largely on adequate food, so it is an informative document to take into account in our day to day.
He Decalogue of infant feeding It has been presented within the framework of the 62nd Congress of the Spanish Association of Pediatrics (AEP) with the aim of promoting healthy eating among the child population. It is aimed at parents, guardians and schools with several guidelines to teach children to eat from childhood.
On the AEPap Family and Health website we can see this Decalogue to consider for our family menu, which we reproduce below with all the necessary links so that you can complete the information you want, as they are points that we have often talked about in the blog.
You probably meet most of these premises, other families will have more pending points ... The question is to try to get as close as possible to the decalogue.
Decalogue of healthy infant feeding
- A complete and balanced diet maintains health and prevents diseases. Is achieved with a varied diet that includes all food groups. If children start eating everything from the beginning, they get used forever.
- The Mediterranean diet is very healthy. It consists of eating many vegetables (fruits, vegetables, legumes), cereals (bread, pasta, rice) and more poultry and fish than red meat. Cook with olive oil and little salt, better iodized.
- It's good distribute what you eat in five meals. Breakfast, lunch and a light dinner. In addition, at mid-morning and snack, a fresh fruit or snack is better than a packaged juice or industrial pastries. No need to "chop" anything else.
- Children learn to eat by imitating the elderly. Better to eat slowly, chewing well, sitting at the table, enjoying family. Without TV, because the bad eater is distracted and does not eat; And he who eats a lot does so without realizing the amount he takes.
- Always a good breakfast before going to class: dairy, cereals (bread) and fruit (a whole piece or natural juice or tomato!). It improves physical and intellectual performance and prevents obesity.
- Every day fruits, vegetables and vegetables. Five servings a day are recommended. Two or three should be whole fruits and bites. It is better dessert than a dairy. No more than one glass of fresh juice, freshly made, per day.
- Water is the only drink necessary and healthier than any soda, juice or smoothie.
- Avoid precooked food (with more fats and salt) and foods with saturated, trans or hydrogenated fats and coconut and palm oils (read labels). If you take sweets and salty snacks, let it be in moderation. Cook more often on the grill, in the oven, by cooking or steaming and less fried, breaded and battered.
- Let your child decide how much he wants to eat. Be confident: better offer, not force. Children eat the amount their body needs, not the one we want. Food is not a punishment; Nor should it be a prize.
- Get an hour of exercise every day: run in the yard, walk, climb the stairs, take the dog or walk or bike to school. In addition, at least five times a week, a little more sport; More fun in company.
The decalogue is reinforced with the following message for children:
Before you start, you have to wash your hands and at the end, also clean your teeth.
As we see, food is complemented by physical activity, and that is that both are indispensable for the good health of the child (and of all people). We have to be the best example for our children, in fact many times (fortunately) the family menu improves with the arrival of the children, and the same happens with the practice of exercise.
And as we want to continue improving, here we leave you this Decalogue of the infant feeding of the AEPap It reminds us of ten important points for children to grow up healthy and happy. The more of these points we meet, the closer we will be to the correct food.
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