We finish with this article our Special Infant Feeding for Babies and more and we do it with the last of our guidance menus, referring now to children between five and six years.
At this age children can already eat everything, always paying attention to some basic measures in terms of nutrition. It is advised that they drink half a liter of milk a day, be it maternal or animal, in liquid or added to food in the different preparations, including cheeses, which will continue to be, as a priority, slightly salty, poorly cured and low fat.
Children should base their diet on the fruits and vegetables, combined with good sources of protein (be they animals or vegetables, of which there is an excellent proportion in legumes), hydrates (preferably whole and slightly refined).
Protein, energy, fiber and vitamins must be present daily and combined, leaving in a minimal expression the contributions in sugar, cocoa, industrial pastries, saturated grasses and salt.
Desserts, dairy products and buns should preferably be homemade and made with flour and whole sugar. In them, as in all foods, the fat we will use will be the virgin olive oil
One correct food education It also includes necessary customs such as washing your hands before and after eating and brushing your teeth properly.
Soft drinks and juices, especially industrial ones, are not suitable for children's daily diet and attention must be paid to offer water as a drink at all times. We will not get tired of pointing out how important water is in infant feeding.
Good nutrition should be accompanied with happy meals, in which the family communicates and enjoys together the purchase, preparation of food and its intake, better without tele-setting and without reprimands.
The amounts should be appropriate to the child's appetite and never press it to eat everything or finish the dish, relying on his body and not obsessed if any particular food is not to his liking. What matters is that it is fed in a balanced way and develops good nutrition guidelines, not that it is primed, floats the dish or eats absolutely everything. One of the important ideas is that healthy eating is a value that prevents childhood obesity.
With this we finish our Infant Infant Feeding Special and more, in which, in addition to the menus, we have talked about nutrition, healthy customs at the table, ideas to integrate the little ones in the kitchen, the importance of food in family, and we have offered you recipes that you can offer to children adapted to each age. Now, enjoy eating.
