Proper nutrition warning for children

According to medical experts, the first 6 years of a child’s life are very important, the “golden” period for the child’s physical, mental and intellectual development. However, this is also the period when mothers have the most headaches with a series of health concerns for their children.

Children who often get sick, are malnourished or have poor appetite, and how to increase children's resistance, etc. are the topics that mothers are most interested in and discuss on forums.

Indeed, according to the report “Nutrition situation of urban children in Vietnam” published by the Institute of Medical and Sociological Research in September 2013, the national rate of underweight malnutrition in children under 5 years old is 16% (more than 1.2 million underweight malnourished children), the rate of stunting malnutrition is 26.7% (more than 2 million stunted malnourished children) and the rate of overweight and obesity is 4% (about 300,000 children). Most typically, in Ho Chi Minh City, 9.6% of children are overweight and obese, in the city center, this rate is up to over 12%, while the global average is about 6.9%.

The above figures show that children's nutritional imbalance is mainly due to the lack of a scientific method of balancing their diet. Therefore, in order to help mothers understand how to supplement proper nutrition, take care of their children properly, and help them develop properly, United Pharma Company with children's health care brands such as Ceelin, Nutroplex, Lysivit has joined with the Health & Life newspaper - Ministry of Health to launch a program of consulting and examining more than 17,000 children nationwide at nurseries, pediatric clinics and commune health centers.

Nutrition plays an important role in the first 6 years of a child's life.

According to doctors' observations and assessments, after more than a month of health check-ups for children, although many types of epidemics are currently occurring, mothers are still not really proactive in disease prevention for their children. Mothers only protect their children by keeping them clean and limiting their exposure to polluted environments outside, but have not paid attention to proper disease prevention, which is to proactively increase their children's resistance from within.

Doctors consult directly about children's health and nutrition

On the contrary, many mothers believe that being overweight, sometimes obese, is a sign that the baby is healthy, eating a lot will give them enough nutrients for development. Even when going to a nutritionist, the doctor says that the baby is of adequate weight and height, the mother still wants the baby to gain a little more weight. In fact, overweight children are not necessarily nourished, because children with excess fat are at risk of lacking essential nutrients important for physical and mental development. In addition, overweight and obese children are also at risk of many diseases related to the heart, blood pressure, cancer, etc. when they grow up. Therefore, doctors advise maintaining a standard weight according to each age and ensuring adequate essential nutrition with a variety of foods accompanied by micronutrient supplements for development.

According to dantri.com