Diet and Nutrition

What is the child nutrition?

Providing an adequate and balanced intake of food categories throughout the day to fulfill the energy and nutritional demands of children based on their age and gender to support healthy growth and development. Nutrition has an essential impact on life culture.

Why is child nutrition important?

Poor diets in early childhood can lead to deficiencies in essential vitamins and nutrients – such as vitamin A deficiency, which weakens children's immunity, increases their risk of blindness and can lead to death from common childhood diseases like diarrhoea.