Childhood Nutrition
Woman's Era|March First 2018

It is linked to what parents pack in the school tiffin box.

Ramesh Kumar Raja
Childhood Nutrition

School tiffin boxes are one of the most significant sources of nutrition for school-going children, say doctors. Nutritionists have also noted that inculcating healthy food-intake habits during tiffin hours can significantly reduce the burden of childhood obesity.

“Healthy childhood habits increase the chances of a person being healthy in adult life too. These give a person a good start to life, and form the building blocks on which to develop a child who is accustomed to eating a white bread-jam sandwich is less likely to be healthy both now and in the future than one who takes a poha with-peanuts-and-vegetables tiffin.

The lunch box is an important component in the child’s development, accounting for almost 1/4th of the daily nutritional requirement. Hence, a school lunch box should be holistic in nature, and contain a right balance of protein, carbohydrate, vitamins and minerals. Of these, protein builds the body, carbohydrates give energy, while vitamins and minerals help in a variety of body functions, especially in keeping up a child’s immunity,” says dietician Dr Shalini Garwin Bliss.

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