{"id":4626,"date":"2016-02-15T07:00:39","date_gmt":"2016-02-15T07:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/?p=4626"},"modified":"2018-05-17T09:06:40","modified_gmt":"2018-05-17T08:06:40","slug":"healthy-diet-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/healthy-diet-children\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a Healthy Diet for Children?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Following on from last week’s “Why Bother to Feed your Kids a Healthy Diet”<\/a> post, we are back with the second part of Dr Orlena Kerek’s healthy eating series. Now that we know how important healthy eating for children is, what exactly are we going to feed them? What is healthy eating for children<\/strong>?<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n There are so many different diets around, so much advice on the internet.<\/p>\n It can be really confusing.<\/p>\n I subscribe to the easy, simple, \u201cbasic\u201d healthy eating diet.<\/p>\n You need to look at everything your child eats. Look at what your children eat in proportions. Children can be fickle and will eat a plate of carrots for lunch one day, 3 bowl of porridge the next and half a pea the day afterwards.<\/p>\n That\u2019s fine.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n This post contains affiliate links for your convenience.<\/em><\/p>\n We want to look at what they eat overall rather than in one specific meal.<\/p>\n Fruit and Vegetables<\/strong> should make up half of what we eat. Ideally more vegetables than fruit. (Whichever diet you subscribe to, they all agree that vegetables are good for you.)<\/p>\n Protein<\/strong>. That\u2019s meat, fish and vegetable sources such as garbanzo beans (also called chick peas). Protein should make up just under a quarter of your diet. I also think that red meat and processed meats (slices of ham and turkey) should be eaten in small rather than large quantities as they can increase your risk of getting cancer later in life.<\/p>\n Grains and carbohydrate<\/strong>. That\u2019s pasta, rice, bread. Grains should make up just over a quarter of your diet. I know that lots of children are \u201ccarb junkies\u201d, that\u2019s OK, just keep offering them fruit and vegetables too.<\/p>\n Dairy products<\/strong>, made of milk<\/a>, make up a small amount of your diet. If your child doesn\u2019t eat dairy, that\u2019s fine, they can find other sources of calcium.<\/p>\nWhat is a Healthy Diet for Children?<\/h2>\n