Making family meals enjoyable: six tips

Regular family meals let you catch up with each other and enjoy healthy food together.Set aside regular time for family meals.Get everyone involved in choosing and preparing family meals.Reward behaviour like using good manners and trying new foods.
Regular family meals let you catch up with each other and enjoy healthy food together.Set aside regular time for family meals.Get everyone involved in choosing and preparing family meals.Reward behaviour like using good manners and trying new foods.

Minimum dietary diversity

Every family wants to provide their children with the best possible conditions for growth and development. Poor financial or housing conditions, family size or unexpected and emergency situations make it difficult to provide appropriate foods and prepare food for an infant.

Every family wants to provide their children with the best possible conditions for growth and development. Poor financial or housing conditions, family size or unexpected and emergency situations make it difficult to provide appropriate foods and prepare food for an infant.

Healthy diet for the whole family

All food outside the home is much more expensive. A meal you prepare for your child at home is not only cheaper, but also much better than fast food from a kiosk or bakery.

All food outside the home is much more expensive. A meal you prepare for your child at home is not only cheaper, but also much better than fast food from a kiosk or bakery.

Optimal nutrition for children from 3 to 5 years

Proper nutrition is one of the most important prerequisites for optimal growth and development of your child. At the age of 3 to 5, the child's growth slows down, but what, when, and how she or he eats is still invaluable for your child's health. This is also the period that should be used to form healthy eating habits.
Proper nutrition is one of the most important prerequisites for optimal growth and development of your child. At the age of 3 to 5, the child's growth slows down, but what, when, and how she or he eats is still invaluable for your child's health. This is also the period that should be used to form healthy eating habits.

Menu suggestions

Each family has its own eating habits, in accordance with the tradition, ethnic and religious background of the family. Here are a few suggestions for healthy meals for your children and other family members, from foods that are useful and affordable; they can help you enrich the family menu and introduce some novelties, while having the household budget in mind.

Each family has its own eating habits, in accordance with the tradition, ethnic and religious background of the family. Here are a few suggestions for healthy meals for your children and other family members, from foods that are useful and affordable; they can help you enrich the family menu and introduce some novelties, while having the household budget in mind.

How to prepare a healthy meal for a child

As you plan and prepare healthy meals for your child, consider some of the harmful habits we all have when it comes to nutrition. Taking care of children's nutrition is also an opportunity to reconsider your habits and make some positive changes in the family's diet.

As you plan and prepare healthy meals for your child, consider some of the harmful habits we all have when it comes to nutrition. Taking care of children's nutrition is also an opportunity to reconsider your habits and make some positive changes in the family's diet.

Optimal nutrition at 6 months

Around the 6th month of life, your baby will need food other than your milk for healthy growth and development. Breast milk is still the basic food for an infant, with two meals of non-dairy food.
Around the 6th month of life, your baby will need food other than your milk for healthy growth and development. Breast milk is still the basic food for an infant, with two meals of non-dairy food.

Introducing non-milk foods into the child's diet

Around 6th month of life, your baby will need other foods in addition to your breastmilk for healthy growth and development. The period of introducing non-milk food is a period of rapid growth and development. It is important that the child gets food recommended for his/her age, of appropriate consistency and in appropriate quantity, in a way appropriate to the child's age and abilities.

Around 6th month of life, your baby will need other foods in addition to your breastmilk for healthy growth and development. The period of introducing non-milk food is a period of rapid growth and development. It is important that the child gets food recommended for his/her age, of appropriate consistency and in appropriate quantity, in a way appropriate to the child's age and abilities.

Healthy food for babies and toddlers: the five food groups

Babies and toddlers need foods from all five healthy food groups: vegetables, fruit, grain foods, dairy and protein.Healthy foods have nutrients that are important for growth, development and learning.Your child should avoid foods high in salt, saturated fat and sugar, foods low in fibre and nutrients, and drinks with caffeine and lots of sugar.
Babies and toddlers need foods from all five healthy food groups: vegetables, fruit, grain foods, dairy and protein.Healthy foods have nutrients that are important for growth, development and learning.Your child should avoid foods high in salt, saturated fat and sugar, foods low in fibre and nutrients, and drinks with caffeine and lots of sugar.