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Important Nutritional Activities For Kids

05 Sep 2012 by admin

It is very essential for all kids to develop healthy food habits. This not only keeps them fit and enhances their growth and development, but also keeps a number of diseases at bay. There are various nutrition activities that can introduce kids to healthy nutritional foods and balanced eating habits. These are simple, yet creative. But most importantly, the fun elements and the joy of learning in these nutrition activities keep the kids interested and in the process develop their knowledge about healthy foods.

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Nutrition Activities

Let us see some of the important nutrition activities for kids that can be used:

  • Learning through Alphabets: The first of the nutrition activities is learning through alphabets. For example: We can introduce the letter “A” to the kids and give example of “Apple”. We can follow this by making the kids color the apple in their drawing books, showing a real apple to them, create paper cuttings of the apples, coloring them and gifting the kids.
  • Building Food Pyramid: On a large flip chart a triangle can be drawn and divided as per the standard food pyramid with all the five essential food groups. We can label each section with the name of the food group with recommended daily servings. Now the kids can be instructed to cut out pictures of food from magazines. The kids can then be asked to paste the food items according to their respective groups on the chart. They can also use food sticker for this purpose.
  • Necklaces out of Cereals:The next in the list of nutrition activities can be the use of cereals to create necklaces. The kids can be asked to place looped cereals through a yarn and make a necklace. This activity also enhances the motor skills of the kids.
  • Creating Stamps: For this nutrition activity, some interesting shapes out of firm vegetables like potatoes, carrots, eggplants etc. can be cut out. Now the kids can be provided with newspapers or white flip charts and some paints of different colors in containers. They need to dip the cut out vegetables into the container and stamp it on the charts provided to them.
  • Learning to Cook:This nutrition activity is surely going to bring a smile on the kids’ faces. To begin this, first a small amount of milk can be mixed with food colors. Then the kids can be provided a clean small brush and asked to paint a piece of bread with the mixture. But it has to be monitored that the breads don’t get too much wet. Then the bread can be toasted in the oven and the kid can be served with a topping of butter.

So we see that some simple, yet creative nutrition activities can be very much educative, interesting and fun for the kids. If you want to introduce your kids to healthy nutritional foods and balanced eating habits, then just follow these important nutrition activities for kids. You will be pleased to see the positive results!

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How To Select Nutrient Nutrition?

28 Apr 2010 by admin

Talk about nutrition, and there will always be many minds to guide you. However, the question is does everyone know how to select nutrient nutrition? The answer may be no. Most people think they are eating healthy without the knowing which food would give them the maximum nutrition. So, let us dive into the matter and try to analyze.

According to a nutrition report, the following food items were said to be the most nutritious:

  • Colorful fruits and vegetables are said to give you minerals, vitamins, carbohydrates and other such nutrition, but without adding calories to your body.
  • Whole grains such as wheat, oats, corn etc. are good source of vitamins and fibers. These should be included in your daily diet and taken during breakfast. There are other forms of grains available in the market as well, which is not nutritious. Make sure you have read the label before making the purchase.

  • Oatmeal is Rich in Nutrients

  • Oatmeal is not a very attractive food, although it is very rich in nutrients. To make it an enjoyable meal, try adding some fruits to it. This will not only make it a healthy breakfast, but will also give you the required nutrients from the fruits.
  • Adding spinach, tomatoes or peppers to your meal gives the body its daily dose of minerals, vitamins etc.
  • Avoid adding syrup as a topping for your desert. Add fruit pulp to it instead.

  • Youghurt is Low in Fat

  • When craving for a dip to go with your snack, don’t jump at the fatty and unhealthy option available to you. Instead, with very little effort you may prepare a healthy yet tasty dip out of yoghurt.
  • Choose to substitute a salad with the fast food that you daily eat. Mix different types of fruits and vegetables of different colors to make an attractive delicacy. You will get all the nutrients required, and also have a full stomach the healthy way.
  • You must be fond of pepperonis in your pizza. How about trying chopped pepper, diced chicken and onions to go with it? In case you are not too fond of onions, then try adding spinach instead.
  • Like ice cream? Then why not make some for yourself. You may refrigerate low-fat yoghurt with fruits of your choice to create a wonderful specialty.
  • The craving for French fries can be taken care of by quickly shaping the potatoes and frying them in olive oil, rather than buying them from the supermarket.
  • When thirsty, drink lots of water. Drinking water rinses your body of the toxins, hence leaving you vitalized. You may choose fruit juices too, however, avoid the excess sugar piled into it. Try mixing in some pure honey instead.

There are many ways in which you may avoid gorging on unhealthy food. However, it seems like at times we choose not to do so. There are some amazing healthy recipes available on the Internet waiting for you to download. Just click, choose, and serve! Amazing, isn’t it?

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