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.

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