TIMESINDONESIA, JAKARTA – Making school lunch for your child is better than letting them buy the foods from the school canteen. Making school lunch for your child can be a good way to boost their energy at school.
Involve your child when you are making his school lunch. Ask him what he wants to eat or let him prepare his own packed lunch. Put the school lunch inside an interesting lunch box.
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A clinical nutrition specialist, Nurul Ratna Mutu Manikam, MGizi, SpGK, emphasizes the importance of enough nutrition in a child’s food, macronutrients such as carbohydrate, protein, fat, and micronutrients, such as zinc.
Choose foods with complex carbohydrates. Do not forget the foods with fiber, protein, fat, omega 3 and six, and zinc.
Children, especially of the age of 3 to 6 are very physically active. They need the intake of fluid up to 1200 ml per day. To fulfil this need, you can give them mineral water, fruit juice, and milk with Omega 3 (EPA+DHA).
Nurul says that parents should limit the consumption of sweets and high-salt and high-fat foods.
Not only giving high-nutrient foods, but you also have to make sure that your child gets enough sleep (10 to 13 hours per day) to boost their energy at school. (*)
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