Child nutrition

A few years ago the debate in our country jumped on the use of tupper in the school canteen. Some Autonomous Communities opted for this measure as a way to help families with economic problems, while others did not even raise the issue. Today there are several schools, both public and private and concerted, that offer this modality to their students.

I know several cases of mothers really worried about the weight of their children. They leave the doctor with the "diagnosis": your child is overweight or obese and they go home with a heavy heart, thinking that they have done it fatally and without tools to solve this problem, which is very serious and has to be stopped from different fronts: not only as a family, but also as a society.

These days we learned the sad news of a three-year-old boy who died after choking on a sausage, despite having been taken to the hospital and doctors trying their best to save his life. And in fact, sausages are one of the foods with which children drown more easily.

The latest invention of Nutribén, a brand specialized in infant feeding, is a very bad idea. It is called Nutrispoon and it is a spoon with support for the mobile that, when installing an application, projects holographic images while feeding the baby. The device did not like the experts or many parents who flooded the networks with criticism of the brand.

As parents we always look for the best alternatives for the diet of our children, however, marketing and the food industry is often misleading, so here are some children's foods that seem healthy but you should not give your children if you are looking for Protect your food.

Sugar is undoubtedly one of the main villains in our diet and that of our children, affecting both their current and future health with their excess. Therefore, the WHO recommends limiting sugar intake to no more than 10% of daily calories and, if possible, the ideal would be not to exceed 5%.

Despite being just as important as the rest of the meals our children make during the day, the snack is perhaps one of the most neglected. The rush to prepare something fast before going to look for children at school, along with the lack of creativity can sometimes lead us to resort to processed foods, highly sugary and not healthy for children.

The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that the consumption of added sugars should be reduced to less than 10% of the total caloric intake. And that a reduction below 5% of the total caloric intake would produce additional health benefits. According to the study 'Adaptation of the intake of total sugars and added in the Spanish diet to the recommendations: ANIBES study' published in 2017, only 58.2 percent of Spanish children between 9 and 12 years old comply with this recommendation.

A few days ago we told you about the controversy that arose on Twitter due to the photograph published by a nutritionist mother of her son eating chickpeas. Many people criticized this nutritional option by also proposing unhealthy alternatives. And unfortunately, there are still many people who believe that breakfast or mid-morning lunch should consist of certain irreplaceable foods, without being aware of the amount of hidden sugar and trans fats that they can contain.

Eating disorders are a priority public health problem, and especially is childhood obesity, which has multiplied by 10 in the last 40 years, so much so that it is already considered the "epidemic of the 21st century." Effective measures are required to promote healthy eating habits and Andalusia has just taken a very important step to help improve the health of children and the population in general, which we hope will mark the way for the rest of the Autonomous Communities.

María Merino has a degree in nutrition, she has a blog about food and diet and yesterday she experienced an unpleasant situation through social networks when she received hundreds of criticisms for a photo she published of her son eating chickpeas. There were many people who criticized her for the food she was offering to her child, and judged an image that Maria had shared with the sole purpose of demonstrating that there are more breakfast foods apart from the classic cookies and cereals.

The baby's first birthday is undoubtedly one of the most special for the family. It is a time worth celebrating, because we celebrated the first twelve months with our baby and we have seen him grow and develop over the course of a year. Something you can not miss to celebrate your baby's first year is the birthday cake, so we share some ideas.

Fish is one of the foods that brings many benefits and that we can introduce to the diet of our children using different and delicious recipes. Now a new study shows us that we have more reasons to do so, as it was found that children who eat fish are smarter and sleep better.

Ask any new mother or father about their new baby and they will probably update you on how much weight you have gained lately. Weighing the child every so often is typical of first-time parents, but many may remember those moments thinking that they have not done well at all because many times they hear things like that their little "is not gaining enough weight" and they end up thinking that they tried hard. Enough in your baby's nutrition.

Stopping childhood obesity should be a joint struggle between parents, schools, institutions and the food industry. The truth is that little by little, society is becoming aware and carrying out measures that help to fight against the high obesity figures of which WHO has been warning for some time.

The long-awaited (or feared) back to school has arrived, we have been two days and the child goes to school without breakfast. It may be early to worry, we all need a process of adaptation to the new situation. Among the purposes for this new course, we could propose, if we do not have it as a habit, make a good breakfast before going to school, for your health.

The Spanish Nutrition Foundation (FEN) and the Ibero-American Nutrition Foundation (FINUT) have presented the report "Milk as a health vehicle: calcium and its determinants in the health of the Spanish population". Babies and More had the opportunity to attend the presentation of this study that determines the importance of calcium in the diet of children and adults, and warns of the deficit that 80 percent of the Spanish population has both this nutrient and vitamin D, So important for health.

Recently watching some homemade videos of those who end up being viral I wonder how far human stupidity goes to get some "likes". Above all, if the protagonists are babies and you play with them. Someone may find it funny or adorable to see the face a baby puts on trying to bacon, bacon or bacon at four months, but no, it's not a good idea.

His name is Angela Henderson and a few days ago he shared the radiography of his 5-year-old son after choking on a grape that could have ended his life of having completely plugged the larynx inlet. He did it to make mothers and fathers aware of how dangerous they can be because they are small, with relatively hard and slippery skin in their mouths.

The food pyramid says that in the second group of the most important foods to consume are fruit, vegetables and vegetables. But when it comes to seeing what children and adolescents eat, there are few who eat them daily and many who barely taste them throughout the week.