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Diet for Children

Posted: February 12th 2009 By editor1       under: Children Health, Food and Fitness    Tags: , , ,

A child always needs a diet that is balanced and has all the necessary nutrients that are needed for healthy growth. Their daily energy needs are constant so diet should also be framed in that way.

Calories

The calories needed by a child will be far higher than the adults due to the following factors. Their basal metabolism activities are high than any stage in their life. The children’s physical activity will be more when compared to the adults. The third factor is they need extra energy for their physical and mental growth.

Proteins

The requirement of proteins will be greater in childhood than in adult stage. The proteins are necessary for tissue repairs and also for tissue growth. It is recommended to supply about 14% of the energy as proteins. Food substances like milk, milk products, meats, fowl, fish, eggs, nut and cereals are very rich in proteins and these food substances should be added in diet liberally.

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FDA reports its efforts to make food supplies safe in the US

Posted: December 2nd 2008 By editor1       under: Food and Fitness    Tags: , , , , ,

Recently, different circles have been criticizing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration regarding its poor performance to make food supply in the U.S. safe. FDA responds to this criticism in a report that details its efforts to make food supplies safe and protect consumers.

Dr. David Acheson, who is assistant commissioner for food protection at the agency, says in this connection: “The agency’s proposal to develop better relationships with different local health departments and state regarding protecting food supply was one of the most important tasks that the agency worked for.”

“And the second big success is to make the strategic change regarding imports and this act can be called FDA’s globalization, and due to this we are shifting our intentions to inspect the foods items at the time of entry. Similarly, FDA is focused to develop such systems as may help to provide better understanding of what’s happening in foreign manufacturing.”

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