Why should children use nutritional supplements during the "golden" stage of development?

Due to their daily diet and specific living environment, some children often lack many important nutrients for their bodies, but mothers can fully compensate with supplements.

Why should children use nutritional supplements during the "golden" stage of development?

“Supplemental food” is now a common label added to the packaging of many familiar powdered milk and ready-to-drink nutritional milk products for young children. In recent years, a number of new regulations on product labeling have been issued, aiming to remind parents to give their children reasonable and scientific use of supplementary foods.

Supplements on the market cannot completely replace main meals or breast milk for young children, but are used to supplement health and enhance nutrition during the fastest growing stage of life. Children who are provided with adequate nutrition will develop comprehensively both physically and mentally.

In particular, dairy products often supplement essential micronutrients. In fact, due to daily diet or specific living environment, Vietnamese children often lack many vitamins and minerals important to the body.

Combining milk with other nutrients in the main meal helps children receive adequate nutrition and develop comprehensively in both physical and mental aspects.

According to the 2020 National Nutrition Survey by the Institute of Nutrition ( Ministry of Health ), nearly 20% of children under 5 years old and nearly 15% of school children (5-19 years old) are stunted. Along with that, there is a significant rate of children with micronutrient deficiencies: 58% of children are zinc deficient, 19.6% of children are anemic with iron deficiency, 9.5% are vitamin A deficient...

An unbalanced diet is the leading cause of stunting and micronutrient deficiencies. Therefore, children with poor appetite but hyperactive should be given priority in supplementing with nutritional milk rich in carbohydrates and proteins to meet their high daily energy needs.

The solution to “becoming a mother easier” from choosing nutritional supplements for children

2-3 boxes of milk or glasses of milk per day is currently the safe recommendation of health organizations to compensate for children's lack of energy and nutrients. Besides the outstanding nutritional benefits, milk-based supplements also help many mothers feel more relaxed when combined after 3 main meals of the day.

Ms. To Uyen (Hanoi) also shared that choosing milk-based supplements helps her reduce pressure and worry about her children "eating poorly" at school. The school lunches are not always to her children's taste, and she is too busy to make bento rice herself every day. In return, she prepares pre-mixed nutritional milk and keeps it in her backpack for her children to drink after lunch or in the afternoon. The mother of two children clearly feels: "Adequate nutrition has changed my child's attitude towards studying. My child is excited to sit at the desk, and is more alert when raising his hand to speak in class. After school, my child is still energetic and happy, rarely "complaining of hunger" because he has had 2 boxes of milk at school.

In addition, many mothers also choose to give their children milk in the evening or close to bedtime - before the time when growth hormone (GH hormone) is secreted the most during the day. Supplements rich in calcium and vitamin D will help children grow taller and develop optimally even during sleep.

Source: https://cand.com.vn/doi-song/vi-sao-tre-nen-dung-thuc-pham-bo-sung-trong-giai-doan-phat-trien-vang--i779474/