China's Ministry of Health, China's Center for Disease Control and
Prevention, and the Chinese Nutrition Society jointly published on
Wednesday a report guiding children's snack habits.
The Stardaily said the report divides children snacks
into three categories: snacks that can be frequently eaten, snacks
that can be properly consumed, and that be consumed with strict
limitations.
Snacks that can be daily eaten include boiled eggs, toasted
yellow beans, and sweet potatoes. While snacks that can be properly
used once or twice a week include beef, black chocolate and coffee.
But what the report advises children to take no more than once a
week includes cotton candy, processed foods and chocolate pies.
Suggestions with regard to snacks for different age groups were
also included in the report.
The report showed that 60 percent of children in China, aged
from 3 to 17, eat snacks every day. Though the nutrition provided
to children through these snacks has improved, widespread vitamin A
and Ca deficiencies are still largely popular among many of such
snack foods.
(CRIENGLISH.com August 16, 2007)
