Nutrition diets for different age group
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What is a healthy nutritious diet for different age groups? Is your family getting a proper nutrition diet?
A healthy diet is a diet that helps maintain or improve overall health. A healthy diet provides the body with essential nutrition: fluid, macronutrients, micronutrients, and adequate food energy.
The nutritional requirements of the human body change as we move through different life stages.
Babies - for birth to till six months of age.
Food for babies - six to 12 months of age.
Food for babies to their birth till six months of age(0-6):-
Babies usually double their length and triple their weight between birth and one year of age. Breastmilk generally supplies a baby with the required amounts of nutrients, fluids and energy up to about six months of age. Breast Milk is preferred to infant formula where possible, as it contains many protective and immunological factors that bene7fit the baby’s development.
Fruit juice is not recommended for babies under the age of six months.
It is recommended that infants be exclusively breastfed up to around six months of age.
2. Food for babies till 6 to 12 months(6-12):-
Solids should be introduced around six months of age to meet your baby’s increasing nutritional and developmental needs. However, breastfeeding should continue until twelve months of age and beyond, or for as long as the mother and child desire.
Give your baby foods that are rich in iron and zinc, such as iron-enriched infant cereals, and cooked plain tofu and soy beans/lentils. Iron-enriched rice-based cereals are frequently recommended as the first food to be introduced, as there is the additional benefit of a lower risk of an allergic reaction.
Do not add salt, sugar or honey to your baby’s food. It is unnecessary.
Avoid cow’s milk as a drink in the first 12 months. Small amounts can be used in cereals and custards.
Whole fruit is preferable to fruit juice. Avoid juices and sugar sweetened drinks.
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