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A Happy Meal Guide

The Dietary Guidelines for Chinese School-aged Children (2022) is officially released today! This is one of the guidelines for specific groups of the “Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents (2022)”. It is based on the 8 “dietary guidelines” of the general population, according to the nutrition and health status of school-age children in my country, and based on reasonable diet, eating behavior and health. Status relationship The Dietary Guidelines for Chinese School-aged Children (2016) was revised.

This week is National Nutrition Week, which coincides with the Chinese Student Nutrition Day on May 20. Parents, hurry up and check the new version of the guide to grasp the nutrition of children!

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The study found that nutrient nutrition is closely related to the dietary nutrient intake of school-age children, but in general, the level of nutrient nutrition of school-age children in my country is relatively low. At the same time, another study found that school nutrition education can help improve school-age children’s nutrition and eating behavior.

Compared with the 2016 version of the guidelines, the new version guidelines emphasizes the improvement of nutrition, the cultivation of healthy eating behaviors and physical monitoring, etc. Measures and suggestions are put forward for families, schools and society to build a healthy food environment.

The new version of the guidelines proposes 5 “dietary guidelines” for school-age children (pictured below). School-age children should learn nutrition-related knowledge, understand food, understand the relationship between food and health, and understand the importance of reasonable nutrition; actively participate in the selection and preparation of food, be able to read labels, and not waste food; at the same time, family and learning should build a healthy food environment , through nutrition education, behavior demonstration, etc., to encourage and support school-age children to improve nutrition and develop healthy behavior habits.

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Three meals a day are the material basis for the normal development of school-age children. Eating a nutritious breakfast can improve children’s cognitive ability and reduce the risk of overweight and obesity. Conversely, unhealthy daily diets can affect the health of school-aged children. Based on the above research, the new version of the guidelines requires school-age children to:

eat a light diet, not picky eaters, not overeating, and develop healthy eating behaviors;

Have three meals a day, regular rations, and regular diet;

< strong>Breakfast foods should include three or more of the four types of foods, including cereals and potatoes, vegetables and fruits, animal foods, and milk, soybeans and nuts;

< p>You can eat a small amount of snacks between meals, and eat less high-fat, high-salt and high-fat foods.

Drinks

research Children’s bone health, insufficient water intake can affect children’s cognitive ability, sugar-sweetened beverages can increase the risk of dental caries and obesity, and school-age children’s drinking can easily lead to poisoning and related organ damage. Based on the above research, the new version of the guideline clarifies that school-age children should drink 300 ml or more of liquid milk or an equivalent amount of dairy products every day in terms of daily milk consumption; Add a requirement not to drink alcoholic beverages in the prohibition of alcohol consumption.

Outdoor Activities

New guideline added”

Individuals, families, schools, and society should all participate in the prevention and control of childhood obesity. It is necessary to regularly measure the height and weight of children and monitor their growth and development; it is necessary to correctly understand the body shape and scientifically judge the weight. A healthy body shape is the most beautiful, and it is not possible to over-diet and lose weight in pursuit of a good body shape. To have a reasonable diet, active exercise, to prevent malnutrition and obesity.

3 “Diet Pagodas” added Diet Stages

In the new versionguide released this time, 3 new “Balanced Diet Pagodas for Chinese School-aged Children” have been added. Compared with the “Balanced Diet Pagoda for Chinese Residents”, the dietary pagoda for school-age children pays more attention to precision. According to the different nutritional needs of children in different age groups, the pagoda is divided into 6-10 years old, 11-13 years old, 14-17 years old. For age groups, specific dietary requirements are also fine-tuned based on changes in age.

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