Question

How important do you think it is to teach nutrition to children?

Why or why not?

Looking to the future, how would you incorporate educating children on nutrition in your chosen career?

Answer 1

1. Consumption of past foods or junk food increasing day by day and they lack balanced nutrition. This leads to several health problems in the children. Taking a balanced diet is very important for good health and wellness. Food provides our bodies with the energy, protein, essential fats, vitamins and minerals to live, grow and function properly. We need a wide variety of different foods to provide the right amounts of nutrients for good health. Enjoyment of a healthy diet can also be one of the great cultural pleasures of life. Taking good foods and dietary patterns promote good health and an unhealthy diet increases the risk of many diet-related diseases. So it is very essential to teach importance of proper and balenced nutrition to the children

2. We need to educate the children on balanced diet. Creating awareness on nutrition to children, make them to avoid the food items which causes harm to their health and accept the food items that are really helpful for their overall development. Dietary Guidelines assist us to eat a healthy diet and help minimise our risk of developing diet-related diseases

3. The major reasons of death, illness and disability in which diet and nutrition play an important role include coronary heart disease, atherosclerosis, obesity, stroke, hypertension, Type 2 diabetes, some forms of cancer, osteoporosis, dental caries, gall bladder disease, dementia and nutritional anaemias. Incorporating diet related diseases and its causitive agents in the curriculum, helpful to choose career in nutrition