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Essential Foods For Your Child's Emotional Health
ParentEdge
|March - April 2020
Shikha Mahajan is a Certified Nutritionist, Metabolism Specialist, Intuitive Eating Counselor, and Founder of Diet Podium. A child's mental and psychological well being depends on various factors. Experiences and environment play a significant role, so does diet. As a parent, you can ensure that what your child eats helps in maintaining a happy and balanced state of mind. Read on.
Definition of Emotional Health in Children
The quality of a child’s first and early relationships determine a child’s social and emotional development and well-being. Here are a few other indicators:
· The child is warm and responsive in relationships with caregivers.
· The child’s ability to develop relationships with others.
· The child’s ability to explore and learn new things.
· The way the child communicates while playing.
· How the child expresses and regulates emotions.
Effects of Nutrients on Brain
Nutrients can not only affect neuroanatomy but also neurochemistry and neurophysiology.
• Infants
Because of the quick pace of myelination in early life, children require a high level of fat in their diets (about 50% of their total calories) until they turn two years of age. Babies must receive most of this fat through breast milk or formula in the first year of life itself and breast milk is an excellent source of liquid nutrition right into the toddler years. However, whole cow’s milk can be given after the baby’s first birthday and provides a great source of both fat and protein for toddlers in the second year.
• Toddlers
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