Question

Prepare a diet chart to provide balance diet to a twelve year old child. Chart could include food items which are not expensive and commonly available in that area

Answer 1

Table 1 - Nutrition Needs for Children
Read Table 1 below carefully and know what nutrients you should be providing your children. Get details:

Nutrition

Food Group

Recommended %

Carbohydrates

Cereals and grains, etc.

33%

Vitamins and Minerals

Various fruits and vegetables

33%

Meat Protein

Fish, meat and eggs

12%

Milk Proteins

Dairy products

15%

Fat and Sugar

Fatty foods, sugary sweets, etc.

7%



Table 2 - Food Examples for Children
Table 2 displays some food examples with appropriate serving size and amount of serving per day. Parents can choose one food or two with smaller potion from each food category for their children.

Food Group

Foods Example

Serving Size

Daily Serve

Grains

Rice

Pasta

Cereal

Bread

Rolls

Wheat biscuit

Noodles

1 cup

1/2 -1 cup

1/2 -1 cup

1-2 slices

1/2 -1 roll

1

1/2 cup

Age 2-5 years, 4 servings

For school children, 5-9 servings

Vegetables

Cooked vegies

Cauliflower

Medium potato

Carrot (sliced)

Spinach

Broccoli

Tomato

Salad

Half a cup cooked vegetables or one cup raw, leafy vegetables.

Age 2-3, 2 servings

Age 4-7, 2-4 servings

Age 8-11, 3-5 servings

Age 12-18, 4-9 servings

Fruits

Dates

Berries

Apricots

Grapes

Bananas

Peaches

Oranges

Mangoes

Melons

Pineapples

Half a cup frozen for raw fruits, or 6 ounce fruit juice, or1/4 cup dried fruits

Age 2-3, 2 servings

Age 4-7, 1-2 servings

Age 8-11, 1-2 servings

Age 12-18, 3-4 servings

Dairy Products

Milk

Yogurt

Cheese

Custard

250ml

200g

40g

250ml

Age 2-3, 1 serving

Age 4-7, 2-3 serving

Age 8-11, 2-3 2/2 servings

Age 12-18, 3-5 servings

Lean Proteins

Meat

Beef

Chicken

Fish

Eggs

Dried beans

Peas

Lentils

Peanut butter

100 g (2 slices), cooked

3/4 cup, chopped

1 chicken leg

1 medium fillet

1

3/4 cup canned or cooked beans, lentils or peas



1 tablespoon

Age 2-3, 1/2 serving

Age 4-7, 1/2-1 serving

Age 8-11, 1-1 2/2 servings

Age 12-18, 1-2 servings

Fats, Sweets and Oils

Low-fat mayonnaise

Light salad dressing

Soft margarine

Vegetable oil (canola, safflower, olive or corn)

1 tablespoon oil or mayonnaise

1 serving



Table 3 - Meal Plan for Children
As for the best balanced diet chart for children, Table 3 can never be missed, which gives examples of meal plan with proper meal time and menu for children.

Time

Meal

Menu

7:30

Breakfast

Medium bowl of semi-skimmed milk with wholegrain cereal

A glass of fresh orange juice

A banana

9:30

Morning break

A small box of raisins

A bottle of unsweetened fruit smoothie

12:30

Lunch

Cheese, salad, jacket potato

An apple

A bottle of water

16:30

After school snack

A grass of semi-skimmed milk

A small packet of low-fat crisps

19:30

Dinner

Salad

Whole wheat pasta

Spaghetti Bolognese (without oil, more vegetable, less meat)

A glass of juice (with canned fruit and one scoop ice cream)

21:30

Evening snack

A slice toast (wholemeal) with peanut butter

Answer 2

Answer:

if u r vegetarian

in morning boiled chane

in after noon rice chapati with pulses

evening, 1 whole glass lassi or mangoshake

night - green vegetables with chapaties and in night icecream

in on sunday 1 fast food must be given

if non veg =

in morning - boiled egg

in noon - pulses with roti or some meat items

and the things are same as veg

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