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Food and nutrition guidelines All parents are very much concerned about the growth and development of their child for which they plan meticulously, but they tend to forget that a nutritious diet plays a vital role in the development of the child. Parents try to choose healthy meals having adequate nutrition, vitamins, and minerals in the diet of their young ones. However, it is not an easy task to plan the menu of the kids due to their faster metabolism than adults and their picky habits. Also, they have special nutritional requirements for their growing bodies. Healthy eating benefits child energy in many ways; it stabilizes their strength and improves their mind and mood. Plus, it helps to prevent many chronic diseases, including high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, obesity, and heart disease. What are the guidelines for child nutrition? Learning healthy eating habits in childhood stays with your child throughout life. But you should follow some guide...

Tips for Parents to Maintain a Child’s Healthy Diet As we see the transition from the lifestyle of the previous millennium to the present, there is one big difference that we cannot fail to notice-the diet we feed our children. While Indian has long had an ethos of home-cooked food, we see that this very ethos seems no more feasible for mothers who continuously try to strike the delicate work-life balance. But, even when so many mothers have managed to make home-cooked meals for their children, the fad gets the better of them, the trend of eating out often and eating junk when you do. Children are, more than ever, addicted to junk food, pizzas, burgers, and noodles being the raging favourites. Unhealthy Foods Children Should Avoid As parents, we think that all the children are having it, and they seem just fine. The truth is that they’re not. What children need in their growing age is well-balanced nutrition. What may look like a perfectly healthy child to yo...