Importance of Eating Healthy Food for Young Children

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2/13/2019

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Table of Contents
Part 1..........................................................................................................................................2
Introduction............................................................................................................................2
Importance of eating healthy food..........................................................................................2
Part 2..........................................................................................................................................3
Food served at Preschool........................................................................................................3
Values in relation to good nutrition........................................................................................4
Recommendations on improving good nutrition....................................................................4
Suggestions on how to educate parents..................................................................................5
References..................................................................................................................................7

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Part 1
Introduction
Nutrition plays an essential role in the lifestyle of every individual. Food is the major
source through which the individual can inhale nutrition. Food is important things in the life
of every individual besides water (Mann & Truswell, 2017). Moreover, strong consumption
means eating the diversity of foods that help in giving the nutrients which are required to
maintain the health experience good quality and have energy. Nutrients include fat, water,
carbohydrate, vitamin, as well as a mineral. When united with being physically active as well
as maintaining a vigorous weight, eating healthy food is one of the brilliant manners to help
the body to stay physically powerful and healthy. According to the analysis of Consumer
Food Service Market Research 2011 in Malaysia, the population of individuals eating
unhealthy food is more than people who are eating healthy food. After recovering the
economic crises in 2008-09, Malaysians spent more amounts on eating out in 2011 (Branca,
Piwoz, Schultink & Sullivan, 2015).
In the following part, there will be a detailed analysis of the importance of healthy
food among young children and how they can enhance their habits to live a healthy lifestyle.
Importance of eating healthy food
Eating healthy food and maintain diet in regular play a prominent role in making the
young generation healthy. There is certain importance of adopting healthy food as they are
explained in the below points:
Prevent diseases and illness

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The consumption of healthy food plays a significant role in ability of the body to
prevent as well as recover from the illness and diseases. At the situation, when the body of an
individual is healthy due to the reason of healthy eating properly with regular exercise
diseases the risk of illness among the young generation. An individual is less likely to
become sick when there is the existence of a healthy life in their life. Therefore, healthy food
and diet prevent the young generation from serious diseases and illness that help in
developing their body in a more effective manner (Hawkes et al., 2015).
Nourishing Body
A healthy diet and eating habits nourish the body that helps the individual to perform
at optimal levels. According to the requirement and need of body when an individual
consumes the vitamins as well as minerals then it helps in enhancing the energy level of the
individual. The healthy diet lowers the risk of colon problems, diabetes, as well as heart
disease. A properly nourishes body can also resist the germs as well as microorganisms better
than a corpse that is majorly dependent on an unhealthy diet routine (Perkin et al., 2016).
Enhancing concentration power
The consumption of healthy food and diet would help the individual to enhance their
concentration power that directly links to their growth of career and life. It has been proved
by the researchers that the individual who is healthy has a great concentration power as a
comparison to the unhealthy people due to the reason their body is weak that resist the bran to
learn something new or recognize the things in an effective manner as a comparison to the
healthy people. The healthy diet helps in stretching the brain that creates sharp memory that
has a direct to the growth of the young generation in a more effective and efficient manner
(Todd et al., 2015).