Childhood Nutrition

What Every Parent Should Know

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anthony Ekanem

 

Foreword

 

Getting your child or a child that you are looking after to eat healthy can seem like a somewhat impossible task. Children can be very picky at times and for the most part, vegetables and other healthy foods are not high on their list of preferences. The good news is that it is possible to get your child to eat healthy nutritious food and you can even get them to like it.

 

A lot of the process of getting your child to eat healthy is a trial and error process. You are going to have to keep trying new things and preparing them different ways until you become familiar with what healthy things your child does and does not like.

 

There are a lot of tips and tricks you can use to get your child to eat healthy, many parents just are not aware of them. You should use as many of these tricks as you can because proper childhood nutrition is extremely important for the development of a child. Children who are malnourished in their earlier years will have noticeable health problems in the future and may suffer from certain deficiencies such as anemia. I am sure you do not want your child to have to go through something like this so get them eating healthy!

 

Chapter 1

The Importance of Proper Nutrition

 

Childhood nutrition is highly important for the healthy development of a child. The sad thing is that a lot of children are malnourished in today’s world and many of them actually go to bed hungry at night. At the same time, there are children all around that are considered to be obese and their health is beginning to show the evidence.

 

As mentioned before, proper nutrition is very important for any person but this is especially true when it comes to childhood nutrition. This is due to the fact that the food that your child consumes today will have a direct impact on their growth and their health throughout their adolescent and adult years. This can either be a negative or a positive impact, depending on what the child is consuming.

 

If you want your child to grow up to be big and strong and also have excellent health, you need to do your part as a parent and make sure that your child is getting all of the nutrients that they need. This task can be somewhat difficult at times but it is important that you remain determined and persistent.

 

Nutrition Basics

It is very important that you are aware of how important proper nutrition is as a parent and that you are knowledgeable on how to properly give your child nutrients.