Feeding Tips

• Washing hands before and after meals should be encouraged.

• Children who do not eat enough at a time should be offered food every 2-3 hours.  However, do not force your child to eat. 
  

• Encourage the child to eat with a spoon or with his own fingers.

Cooking Tips

• Use less of sugar, salt and refined flour (maida or all-purpose flour) preparations.

• Unpolished rice or par-boiled rice is better than polished rice.

• Do not overcook vegetables, they lose their nutritive value.

• Do not cook fruits since the essential vitamin C is lost.

• The skin of many vegetables is rich in vitamins and minerals, so offer fresh fruits to the child with their skins.

• Wherever possible, use jaggery instead of sugar, since it is very high in iron.

• Avoid adding too much spice.