Why Has Such Little Attention Been Given To Children's Nutrition In Managed Services?

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Global Health Journal

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Abstract

A double brunt of overweight/obesity and malnutrition during childhood is a major business organization in China. Dietary intakes in this critical period bear on children'due south physical and cognitive evolution, and as well take health consequences in afterwards life. Therefore, establishing good for you eating habits that will suffer is crucial for children. Nutrition pedagogy is an effective way in improving nutrition knowledge and attitudes, and good for you eating behaviors. Diverse forms of nutrition improvement programs that targeting children, family, teachers, and school settings have been conducted in many developed countries. However, due to the differences of genetic background, household environment as well as dietary patterns between Chinese children and children from other countries, the existing diet education programs for children abroad might not be advisable for children in China. Thus, nutrition education programs that consider Chinese nutrition-related policies and food supply too as the local educational resources are required for Chinese children. This review summarized nutrition-related policies and legislations in Mainland china and developed countries. A serial of evidence-based diet education programs that combined educational strategies and environmental supports conducted in the Southwest Cathay Babyhood Nutrition and Growth Study were presented. These programs can serve as instance models for adopting nutrition interventions to better nutrition and health status of children in dissimilar regions of Mainland china.

Keywords

Child

Nutrition policy

Nutrition education

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