Healthy Eating for Kids

Children need a certain portion of the variation of nutrients in accordance with nutritional guidelines to support the growth stage. Diet of children have been established early on (in addition to the nutrients in his diet).

What has been or will be eaten by the toddler's depends what has been presented by her parents. Make it a habit since childhood of children should be introduced with fish and vegetables, because if not introduced, will make the child hard to love healthy food when he was an adult.

"Parents have an important role to give examples of nutritionally adequate and balanced food for the family habits will affect the diet of children," said dr.Fiastuti Witjaksono, Sp.GK, a nutritionist from the Clover Clinic Jakarta.

Healthy diet for children should be established early and require a long process & tenacity parents. "You have to be creative in introducing healthy eating habits in children," said Fiastuti. There are 3 things to watch out for the parents especially the mother to form the diet of children.

Number

Eat according to the needs calories, less guns & more guns. Children who weigh 1-10 kg, it takes 100 calories / kilogram body weight. While children whose weight is 10-20 kg took 50 calories / kilogram body weight (plus 1000 calories).

Type

Carbohydrates, vegetable and animal protein, fruits, vegetables, fats and milk that must be met because it is a nutritional need. Quickly so that children like the food, the diet should be equated with children menu for families so that children get bored guns. Which must be distinguished may be only a sense of spiciness.

Schedule

Parents should make a regular eating schedule. 2x & 3x main meal snack is time to eat children. Children should be accustomed to breakfast because breakfast also serves as preparation for energy before the move. Involve children in meal, it's highly recommended. With this activity the child can see the eating habits and proper procedures.

Acupuncture safe for kids

The use of acupuncture as an alternative treatment method to help overcome the health problems of children has not been much done in the country.

Therapies that are part of traditional medicine Tingkok this does seem a bit scary for the patient. Because the treatment uses tiny needles are inserted into the skin surface at a certain point.

Although looks creepy, this method of treatment was assessed tradisionel safe for children. Canadian experts as published in the online edition of the journal Pediatrics, Monday (21/11) stated acupuncture is relatively safe for children as long as it done by a proper and well-trained practitioners.

Kesimpuan was expressed researchers from the University of Alberta after reviewing data from 37 studies on acupuncture for 60 years. These studies involve children from birth until the age of 17 years and examines the link between acupuncture and a variety of cases concerning the bad effects for children.

They found, from 279 cases identified, 253 mild, 25 moderate and one of its serious nature. Serious impacts include bleeding, infection and heart problems and lung.

But researchers said the serious impact that arise relating to sub-standard conditions of care providers, and not a result of acupuncture technique itself. The researchers concluded, in the hands of skilled personnel, acupuncture therapy in children is safe.

Acupuncture itself has been present since thousands of years ago, and traditional Chinese theory states the placement of the needle helps balance the body's energy flow, called "qi". Acupuncture is commonly used to treat a variety of complaints such as headaches, migraines, back and joint pain, cramps, and nausea caused by chemotherapy. In the United States, the practice of acupuncture in children has been done with a number of estimates per year reached 150 thousand children.